Reading Rick Moody While Dog Sitting
Rumpus Book Club member and artist extraordinaire Kevin Thomas on reading The Four Fingers of Death and dog sitting:
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Notable New York, This Week 8/31 – 9/5
This week in New York Kristen Hersh is a Rat, Karen Hayes and Victoria Bruce are held Hostage, Brooklyn Botanic Garden celebrates with storytelling, Ian Hobson plays for us, Stephanie…
Big Broder Is Watching You
Book and magazine covers by Swedish graphic designer Olle Eksell (1918-2007):
Color Russian Photos from 100 Years Ago
I don’t usually take single photographic links and make one post out of them, but sometimes something is so freakin’ cool… From 1909 to 1912, the Russian photographer Sergei Mikhailovich…
Horn! Reviews Richard Yates
Rumpus Book Club member and artist extraordinaire Kevin Thomas has reviewed this month’s book club selection, Richard Yates. As usual, he did his review in the form of a comic.…
Our Strippers Who Art in Hollywood, Jumbo’s Be Thy Name
It was 11:30 on a Tuesday night and the bar at Jumbo’s Clown Room was packed. I was instantly moved by the spirit of Ramona, a tall black stripper in…
“One of My Muses—Ex-Pro-Choice Republican Arlen Specter—Was Defeated in the Democratic Primary…”
In recognition of Sen. Arlen Specter (D) — who switched to the Republican party in 1965 and then back to the Democratic party last year — losing his bid for…
Rumpus Exclusive: New Cover Art From McSweeney’s
The Rumpus Book Club’s October pick, The Instructions, by Adam Levin, is not only going to be an amazing read (we’ve heard really good things), but it’s beautiful too. (It’s…
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 8/23-8/29
This week in San Francisco: an Adult Writers’ Seminar at 826 Valencia, a record release at Jellyfish Gallery, sweet animation at A.T.A., and, as always, art and poetry in The…
Venturous Vegetables at the “Frolic Grounds”
Scans from Venturous Vegetables at the “Frolic Grounds,” story and illustrations by T. Benjamin Faucett (New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1924):