Blogs
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Nick Cave Monday #51: “Your Funeral, My Trial”
I loved you babe, but I had to kill you. Nick once said that he kills people in his songs so he doesn’t have to kill them in real life.
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Lit-Link Round-up
Have you heard about The Weekly Rumpus yet? Shelf Unbound‘s competition for the best indie published book. 17 personal essays that will change your life. 96 year old man wins a song contest by writing about his dead wife. Brian…
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The Year of What Now by Brian Russell
Marisa Siegel reviews Brian Russell’s The Year of What Now today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Seamus Heaney: 1939 – 2013
I was saddened to read the news on my Facebook page this morning (because that’s how we get most of our news these days, from shared stories on social media) of Seamus Heaney’s death at the age of 74. Many…
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Our Obsidian Tongues by David Shook
Maya Popa reviews David Shook’s Our Obsidian Tongues today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Book Club Discussion with David Gilbert
The Rumpus Book Club talks with David Gilbert about his novel & Sons, shifts in perspective, and the economic viability of hot-dog carts.
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A Glossary of Chickens by Gary Whitehead
Barbara Berman reviews Gary Whitehead’s A Glossary of Chickens today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #47: A Further Miscellany
This column collects a bunch of albums (and, in one case, a book by a writer/musician) that I have loved a great deal in the last six months, as well as exactly one album that I think is not worth…
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Nick Cave Monday #50: “As I Sat Sadly By Her Side”
Earth is a bleak planet and the majority of humanity is selfish, each following the compulsion of their id. All you need to do is look out the window to be disgusted at the theater of the human race. Yet,…
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Lit-Link Round-up
LitReactor names Other People as one of its 5 favorite podcasts. James Salter interviewed. Sean Beaudoin on Elmore Leonard. The Cost of Living by Rob Roberge called “one of the most gripping novels about the rock and roll lifestyle I have…
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Links I Like
I’m back in Los Angeles! Yesterday I got coffee with Jim Gavin and Homer, the basset hound he’s pet sitting. Unlike me, Jim doesn’t usually pet sit. He usually writes and teaches and if you’ve been reading this column, you…
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Notable Los Angeles: 8/24-8/30
Saturday 8/24: Join HOT DISH at the home of host Summer Block Kumar for a backyard BBQ with readers: Rumpus Letters for Kids editor Cecil Castellucci, Andrew Choate, Heather Havrilesky, Summer Block Kumar, Michal Lemberger, and Ruth McKee. 6:30 p.m.…