What He’s Poised to Do
A new collection of stories by New Yorker staff writer Ben Greenman moves from Chicago to North Africa to… the moon.
Rumpus Originals
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A MODERN READER #3: Extreme Solitude
I have largely avoided The New Yorker’s Fiction section. The stories were about aging women who lived on Cape Cod, or they were set in developing countries. I don’t want…
The Rumpus Interview with Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan is widely regarded, not pejoratively, as an “unclassifiable” novelist.
FUNNY WOMEN #27: An Author Answers Her Fan Mail
That’s what we authors are always working for, that personal connection with the reader. It’s what makes all the unpaid hours, mostly spent blogging for a book deal, worthwhile.
Boys and Girls Like You and Me
“The earth was crowded with people who would never try to find me if I disappeared. A person is missing only if another person misses them.”
Something Steely, Unsympathetic, and Cold: A Reconsideration of Mary Poppins
Something horrible is coming to 17 Cherry Tree Lane.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #41
SANTA CLAUS ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Santa Claus.
Not Safe For Work
Today, I realize the truth — that it is not sex work that society fears is dangerous, but sex workers. I recently had the experience at my job of being…