The Latest on Google Books
“The most ambitious solution would transform Google’s digital database into a truly public library.” “That, of course, would require an act of Congress, one that would make a decisive break…
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Baba-Jaga Gubi Trop – Crime Novel Covers from Poland
A big thank you to VonMurr for sending the first ten covers in this post. They come from his personal collection. The rest were found on my searches through online…
The Interrogative Mood
“Does integrity lie in failure?” asks the narrator of Padgett Powell’s new novel. He hopes that it does.
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 12/7-12/13
This week in San Francisco: Meet Elphaba and Glinda for drinks, find out what the Sad Bastard Book Club sounds like, and get all eight days of your Hanukkah on…
Notable New York, This Week 12/7 – 12/13
This week in New York Malcolm Gladwell and James Wood talk about Evangelicalism and the Contemporary Intellectual, members of the Velvet Underground reunite at the New York Public Library, 60…
The Rumpus Interview with Paul Madonna
“Even the things you love can take so much work that sometimes they bring you to the breaking point. So you might as well be in the most comfortable place…
Terese Svoboda Talks to Heartsrevolution
I recently came across The Largehearted Boy Cross-Media Exchange Program, a forum for musicians and authors to speak to each other. Aside from being an awesome project in its own…
What Happens When Literary Journals Report The News?
With newspapers folding and cutting corners all around the country, it’s easy to give up entirely on the fourth estate. But now look who’s riding in on their white horse:…
The Rumpus Sunday Book Review Supplement
This week, Rumpus books reviewed a novel, a short story collection, and a graphic novel. We also featured interviews with Eileen Myles and McSweeney’s publisher Oscar Villalon. Come catch up.
The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
I was out last week on vacation, but I’m back. And there’s a lot to catch up on. Here goes … In Turkey, you can go to jail for using…
Forgetting English
This brief collection of stories, winner of the Spokane Prize for Short Fiction, takes readers around the world to examine familiar relationships without geographical boundaries.