The World Was Still There
John Haskell’s novel takes readers on a metaphysical journey through the mind of a Steve Martin-impersonator impersonator.
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New Fiction from Roberto Bolaño
“I was going out with two women. That I do remember clearly. One of them was getting on a bit—she must have been about my age—and the other wasn’t much…
Gigantic Online Presents Work by Saša Stanišić
While the second print issue of Gigantic, a magazine of short prose and art, is only days away from its anticipated release, Gigantic has just published new and noteworthy work…
Notable New York, This Week 2/1 – 2/7
This week in New York Unsound, the avant-garde culture festival that began in Eastern Europe, debuts in the city, historian Garry Wills discusses the atomic bomb, a night with filmmaker…
Writers Remember Salinger
As we mentioned earlier this morning, Dave Eggers, arguably one of the most actively engaged and socially involved writers (almost the living antithesis of Salinger) paid tribute to Salinger for…
Emptying the E-shelves: Amazon Removes Macmillan
Update: Amazon caves to Macmillan’s demands! Read on to learn more about the dispute: After Macmillan Publishers challenged Amazon‘s pricing of e-books for Kindle users, Amazon retaliated on Friday by…
A Necessarily Incomplete But Hopefully Helpful List That Proves The Slush Pile Has a Pulse
A couple of weeks ago, I ranted against a Wall Street Journal article that proclaimed “The Slush Pile is Dead.” The slush pile, for those who are unfamiliar, is the…
The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Blog is a fun word to say, even if I’m tired of hearing other people say it. Eggers on Salinger. Michaelangelo’s poem “When the Author Was Painting the Vault of…
The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
This week, Rumpus Books reviewed a comic novel and a book that “straddles the line between fiction and poetry.” We also published a Rumpus Original (Supersized) Combo with Kara Candito.
Hellish Advertising
Rumpus cartoonist Jon Adams brought this ridiculous cover for Dante’s Inferno to our attention. Not only does the cover image look like it has more to do with a Ridley…
Is Borders Broke?
Financial Times reported on Wednesday that small vendors are retaining counsel to make sure they get paid by Borders.
Bolaño: The Last Interview
“M.M.: What do you wish to do before dying? R.B.: Nothing special. Well, clearly I’d prefer not to die. But sooner or later the distinguished lady arrives. The problem is…