An Oxford American Update
Rumpus Essays Editor Roxane Gay recently posted about the troubling situation at the Oxford American in which Mark Smirnoff, the founding editor of the Oxford American, and managing editor Carol…
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Steinbeck Family Outraged at Use of Lennie Small in Death Row Cases
After learning that Of Mice and Men was invoked in a Texas court to argue for the execution of the mentally impaired, John Steinbeck’s son Thomas spoke out in support of…
David Rakoff, 1964 – 2012
We’re saddened by the news that David Rakoff died today at 47. The Awl has a tribute to the “writer, aesthete, genius, New York devotee… exceptional reporter and observer, performer,…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Sometime we have to break the rules to report that Guantanamo prisoners love the Fresh Prince. Blue whale poop is intense. While we are on the subject, here is an…
Put Some Money in the Jukebox
Today Brain Pickings launches its music-meets-literature venture, Literary Jukebox. Dubbed “an experiment in cross-pollinating the arts,” Literary Jukebox is a daily project whereby editor Maria Popova handpicks a sentence from a favored work of literature,…
Your Guide to the Literary on Tumblr
Well this is awesome: The Millions just published the mother of all literary blog round-ups. Still comprised of Tumblrs, Nick Moran expands on a round-up he did six months ago, shortly after The…
Tig Notaro
During her “Tig and Friends” show this past weekend, comedian Tig Notaro shared that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Fellow comedian and friend, Kira Hesser, describes how Notaro expertly…
Transcontinental Summer Reading
It’s no secret that The Rumpus is 100% behind kids taking an active interest in books. Which is why we’re excited by this ongoing summer series, “Transcontinental Summer Reading,” curated by The…
New Readers Report Theme: Sticks and Stones
Submissions Due Today
We’re hungry for more writing from Rumpus readers, so we’re now accepting submissions for another “Rumpus Readers Report.” This time we want you to tackle the theme “Sticks and Stones.”…
An Introduction To Animated GIFs
New to GIFs? Unsure of what GIFs are? There’s no need to fret! Ann Friedman has written an introduction to the art of the animated GIF at Poyntr. The article covers…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Who wouldn’t want to read about young Arthur Conan Doyle’s Arctic adventures? The tubes are coming! So is Richard Branson’s sporty-submarine-jet-thing. The gender-neutral toy store is already here. Let us…