Agatha Christie Was A Mess
“Her less-than-refined writerly day began with finding her notebook, which surely she’d leftright there. Then, having found a notebook (not the one she’d used yesterday), and staring in stunned amazement at the…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Jonathan Lethem has been hired for David Foster Wallace’s old teaching post at Pomona. (via @maudnewton) “Lots of people in Indiana Jones hats today. I approve.” From @WriterDaniel at this…
The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
It’s Sunday, which means it’s Rumpus Books supplement time. Below the fold, an interview, lots of excellent reviews and more.
“Disruption is often the element that keeps us from finishing a chapter, a story, or a line.”
“In the House is a book full of windows, of grammatical shapes and designs. Plot, conflict, resolutions, prepositions, stairwells, walls, cabinets. The kick-off story leads us to enter the book…
iBooks Aren’t Moving Fast
“When it comes to buying apps in the iTunes App Store, books are the most widely available, but they’re also the apps least likely to be purchased, according to Apptizr,…
Because It’s Friday…
We’re not ones to mention Stephen Colbert (there are plenty of sites that have reposting the man’s work covered), but Rumpus contributor Lincoln Michel, author of one of our most…
We ♥ Books
“This is what’s so frustrating when you talk to people in the mainstream publishing industry. They’re so sure no one loves books anymore–because the corporate accountants are telling them they…
“Publishing exists in a continual state of forecasting its own demise…”
Ken Auletta, who has written the Annals of Communications column for The New Yorker since 1992, has a new article that takes an in-depth look at the war between Amazon…
The Long History of “Matterhorn”
“But for more than thirty years, the manuscript languished in literary purgatory, while the author struggled to find an agent—not to mention a publisher—willing to take it on. Published in…
Happy to Be Called Horror
“JC: Though the book also has elements of horror, like Stephen King, it reads very differently than a Stephen King novel. Do you consider it in the horror genre? “VLV:…
The Dollhouse Within
What does it mean to be “in the house,” to be held in place in an age of motion, of fleeting relationships, realities, and contexts?
In a World Without Taboos (We’d Just Be Jerking Off)
“When, they ask, are things going to get dirty again? “If you want an answer to that question, ladies and gentlemen, let me propose one. In 2010, the only sex…