Dear Asshole
Rumpus contributor Steve Almond recently self-published a collection of hate mail that was sent to him (along with his responses) entitled Letters From People Who Hate Me. You can read…
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Dante’s Hell
A couple of weeks ago we posted a picture of what must be the worst Dante’s Inferno cover of all time (click the link to view the pic). To quote…
Presto Book-O (Why I Went Ahead and Self-Published)
To say that I’ve had a checkered history in publishing would be like saying Elizabeth Taylor had a checkered history in marriage.
What the Girls Call ‘Murder’
A funny thing happened on the way to the “angry grrrl rock revolution which seeks to save the psychic and cultural lives of girls and women everywhere”…
Do Publishers Have the Upper Hand?
“With the impending arrival of digital books on the Apple iPad and feverish negotiations with Amazon.com over e-book prices, publishers have managed to take some control — at least temporarily…
Rick’s Kindle
“Why is the Kindle my enemy, you ask? Because I mostly write books, and when the list price of my book is $27.95, I make 15% of list price if…
Kailyn McCord: The Last Book I Loved, The Ticking Is the Bomb
An old professor from college writes me and asks for my snail mail address. It isn’t such a strange request – we have developed a kind of friendship since I…
California Dreaming
Eric Puchner’s first novel exposes the faultlines and frustrations beneath the shining American dream.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #22
JOHNNY TREMAIN’S HAND ★★★★★ (1 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Johnny Tremain’s hand.
The Rumpus Funny Women Interview with Julie Klausner
Some people say men aren’t funny. In her memoir I Don’t Care About Your Band, comedienne Julie Klausner says it a few times: (1) “I was tired of pretending I thought he…
“The future of literature is safe”
“I do believe that literature and storytelling has a safe future. The medium is still being negotiated, but I believe that we evolutionarily developed to speak and use language, and…
Stephen Elliott Interviews Stephen Elliott, Insults Fly
“Stephen Elliott: I don’t generally hook up with people when I first meet them. And also, when you’re on the road, I don’t know, it’s kind of awkward. What I…