Gretchen Schrafft: The Last Book I Loved, Stranger Things Happen
Far too many nights of my childhood were spent huddled under the covers, straining to read the pages before me with the weak aid of a flashlight. I punished my…
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J.M. Coetzee Reviews Poetry Anthology … in Math Journal
“Just as there are poets who will wrestle for months to get an insight down on paper in its most jewel-like form, because to them the truth of the poem…
Poet and Drunken Boat Editor Meets NYPD
Ravi Shankar, the founding editor of Drunken Boat, has an opinion piece in the Hartford Courant about a particularly terrible run-in with the NYPD in which he overheard his arresting…
The Sunday Rumpus Books Supplement
This week, Rumpus books published a review of a story collection by Greg Gerke, an interview with Benjamin Anastas, a Rumpus Reprint by our own Stephen Elliott, and an exclusive…
The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
This week, the book blogs got technology, and it turns out they’re not so sure whether they like it. Below, see them wrestle with television invading their books, the Kindle,…
Whitewashed Book Cover Finally Gets Some Color
Not too long ago, in a land not too far away, Australian author Justine Larbalestier’s forthcoming book about an African-American teen with a penchant for lying was whitewashed by her…
Salon Lays Off 20% of Staff to Become “True Web Publication”
Salon laid off six of its 29 editorial staffers last week in an effort–according to CEO Richard Gingras’ statement to Gawker–to become “more of a true Web publication.” According to…
Identity Theft
“You’re a different person when you’re at work, at home, out with your friends. Over the course of your life, your sense of self and where you belong in the…
Lost Covers
Let’s admit it – we judge books by their covers. The old adage that we shouldn’t may invariably prove correct, but that doesn’t stop us from doing it anyway. As…
Where Walsh Writes
“Following David Markson, I write in the library where my recall is perfect and my thoughts organized. The library is the best quiet place to work through third drafts. “Like…
Gidget On the Couch
“The thing to remember is that, since 1957, surfing as something you buy has overshadowed surfing as something you do.” An exclusive excerpt on the origins of surfing from the…
I Wish I Was Anne Carson
Of the many professors of literature I had at Santa Cruz, none captured my imagination or gained my admiration so much as the Classics professors did. Not that I was…