This eBook Belongs To…?
“Think of a bookplate as a wedding ring binding the reader to the book, and vice versa. The symbolism isn’t so far apart: ownership, possession, desire. […] The digital book…
Features & Reviews
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Junot Díaz
“Stories are hard. I have friends who knock out stories on a weekly or monthly basis, like they’re running on medicinal-strength Updike. But for me a story is as daunting…
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 3/15-3/21
This week, the San Francisco Asian American Film Festival is in full swing, catch Paul Madonna at Sketch Tuesday, assuage the pain of your own coyote-ugly experiences at Bawdy Storytelling’s…
Wildlife Incursions into Modern Cover Design
Julian Montague is an artist and graphic designer living in Buffalo. I have long followed Julian’s Daily Book Graphics series, and I am excited to present here his own designs…
Ryan Clark: The Last Book I Loved, Where I Was From
One of the best things about reading Joan Didion is her honesty, the fact that she hasn’t forgotten the uncertainty that comes from being young, or just how hard it…
Notable New York, This Week 3/15 – 3/21
This week in New York Keith Gessen and Elif Batuman talk, Guernica has a reading, Joanna Newsom sings and plays harp, Marcel Dzama appears, talks and signs books, The Moth…
One More Thing That Literature Is Good For
A few weeks ago, I went to a dermatologist to have something on my nose removed. He said less than two sentences to me, asked me one question he didn’t…
“The Mystery Box”
“I wept. For, however beautiful the sunlight, I had disrupted the natural order of things.” A.N. Devers tweets a short story about Daylight Savings.
Too Many Choices
“I feel like an alcoholic pushed into a permanently stocked bar, and I can’t even taste the merlot because I’m trying to down a tequila and sip a martini at…
The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
“When is it okay to write about heartbreak?” (via) “Edward Gorey” covers the classics. (via) At Jacket Copy, all things publishing-oriented at SXSW. The British love words so much they…
The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
Lately, it’s been so crappy out I’ve been wondering what I did to offend the fates, but I think they’ve now forgiven me, because it is a beautiful spring day.
Jason Epstein on Publishing’s Future
Jason Epstein started out as an editor and publisher in a now-vanished era — his first editorial job was at Random House in 1949 — and he was a co-founder…