When Does Heartbreak Become a Story? (Part II)
“Even Joan Didion, who wrote one of the most beautiful books (in my small opinion) about one of the biggest life tragedies one can ever face, had to take time…
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What Happened During The Blackout
Just when I thought I was unique, just as I’ve been spending the last six-odd months editing a short story about the misadventures of retail workers during a city-wide blackout…
What Will My Facebook Say When I’m Dead?
“New online lockboxes allow you to specify beforehand who’ll get your passwords, which private Flickr photos should be purged, and what final status should be posted at Facebook, but these…
Accountability in Publishing
Anyone following the fall-out over Charles Pellegrino’s Last Train From Hiroshima—here’s the definitive New York Times story—would do well to read Philip Meyer’s “Accountability When Books Make News,” first published in…
“What if the e-Book Revolution Never Gets Here?”
“Now, there’s no question that an e-book evolution will happen. In twenty years I expect to see people reading on electronic devices half the time, and on print formats the…
Amazon, Eh?
Canadians, especially those who make a living selling books, are not taking kindly to the fact that “Amazon has applied to the Canadian government for permission to establish a new…
The Rumpus Interview with Chang-rae Lee
I have been stalking—I mean reading—Chang-rae Lee since his first book, Native Speaker, was published in 1994.
“A Very Circuitous Path”
“It was a very circuitous path. It was not very linear–I floundered about for many years. I had many different careers early on. I knew I wanted to be a…
Teenagers from Mars
Peter Bognanni’s first novel mixes punk rock and the wild creativity of Buckminster Fuller into a tender and believable chronicle of teen sorrow.
The DFW Archive
The other day we reported that the archive of David Foster Wallace had been acquired by the Harry Ransom Center. But what, exactly, “is in the collection?” The New Yorker‘s…
“They’re holding these people hostage to make a political point.”
In response to the Colorado state legislature “passing a law imposing sales tax on all online retailers that sell into the state,” Amazon has “terminated its Associates program.” Not ones…