After the Fall
I've never been clear on the nature of the injury to the brain. Something so fragile, I like to think of it as shattering like glass.
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The Rumpus Interview with Annalee Newitz
Annalee Newitz, editor-in-chief of io9.com and author of Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive A Mass Extinction, discusses the state of the planet, long-term planning, and the admirable survival instincts of the Lystrosaurus.
The Last Poem I Loved: “Separation” by W. S. Merwin
“Separation” expresses the paradoxical intersection of the instantaneous and the enduring.
Super Hot Prof-on-Student Word Sex: Antonia Crane, The Dirty Dozenth
And this is precisely why I was so entirely blown away by Antonia Crane’s new memoir, Spent, which chronicles her dark and twisted path through the above horrors with remarkable elegance and restraint.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #233
GODZILLA ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Godzilla.
The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Don Waters
"I’m sure growing up in Reno had something to do with it, but you’re right, becoming a 'writer' wasn’t necessarily on my radar. ... I sort of stumbled my way to writing."
My Bad Memory: New York Movies Edition
From Raging Bull to Newsies, Adam Wilson (mis)remembers the NY movies he's seen.
The Rumpus Interview with Summer Pierre
Writer and illustrator Summer Pierre talks about the business of publishing books, no longer feeling lost to the fantasy of what it means to be a published writer, and how the experience of having her book go out of print led to pursuing her dream work.
Of Farmers and Fathers
For reasons I’ll never understand, I am my father’s rooster. My life is filled with farmers. We find our farmers where our interests are, I guess.
Make/Work Episode 12: Diane Cook
In Episode 12 of Make/Work, host Scott Pinkmountain speaks with writer Diane Cook. Cook was a producer at This American Life for years until she quit to pursue her own fiction writing.
The Rumpus Interview with Walter Kirn
Writer Walter Kirn talks about his latest book, Blood Will Out, the art of deception, interviewing himself for the New York Times, and one-upping George Clooney.