Erin Teresa Devlin: The Last Book I Loved, The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
The last book that I truly loved was The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu. Sometimes I will pick up a few books at a time and see…
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My New Job
If you’re a fan of experimentation, silliness, and fucking–and what reasonable human being isn’t?–you’ll find things to like about My New Job.
Help Send Ted Rall to Afghanistan
You’re probably familiar with the work of cartoonist Ted Rall, whose work appears on Salon and in many other places. He is raising money for a trip to Afghanistan to…
Catching Up with Jack Matthews
Type the name “Jack Matthews” into Wikipedia and it will take you to the profile of a Welsh rugby player, now retired. The Jack Matthews recently interviewed on TeleRead, however,…
The Rumpus Interview with Brad Watson
The late, great Barry Hannah, writing about The Heaven of Mercury, described Watson’s writing as a “sort of calm wail” and said, “Only the Irish geniuses wrote like this.”
Baseball, Writing, and Life
In a recent interview with Cousins Reading Series, author (and Rumpus Contributor) Adam Gallari states “I think that the greatest analogy between baseball and writing, or even life for that…
We Are Never as Beautiful as We Are Now
“I think that the greatest analogy between baseball and writing, or even life, is that the game is designed for its players to fail.”
Nancy Smith: The Last Book I Loved, Willful Creatures
When I was a kid I would wander down the block, four houses over, to visit our neighborhood “grandma,” Mrs. Koski. At her house I was treated to Cheetos and…
“Where I come from, nobody can afford to buy books.”
John Edgar Wideman, author of Brothers and Keepers, not to mention a National Book Award finalist, winner of two PEN/Faulkner awards, and the recipient of a MacArthur genius grant, has…
Kevin Nolan: The Last Book I Loved, Short Letter, Long Farewell
Austrian writer Peter Handke begins his 1972 novel Short Letter, Long Farewell with the following: “Jefferson Street is a quiet thoroughfare in Providence. It circles around the business section, changes…
LitBlogging?
The New York Times asks “Can a blog rise to the level of literature?” “The question is prompted by the arrival of José Saramago’s latest effort, The Notebook, which collects…
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 3/29-4/4
This Week, Get ready for next week’s Monthly Rumpus with a Yellow Dress show, check out emerging writers at USF and established ones at Grow the F*ck Up! at the…