Surreal Stories for Kids
“Tiny walruses in nutshells, talking slugs — what’s not to like?” At Wired, Jonathan H. Liu reviews three new McMullens picture books, all of which sport elaborately designed dust jackets…
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“Things I wouldn’t otherwise say”
“Letters are a slow-motion conversation, one where every word matters and you carefully consider what you want to say. One where discussions evolve over the course of months rather than…
Sweet Spot Sugar
After attending our release party for Tiny Beautiful Things, Ginger Murray of SF Weekly‘s The Sweet Spot channels Dear Sugar in her response to a young man seeking advice on…
Praise For Dispatch From The Future
This month’s Rumpus Book Club selection – Leigh Stein’s Dispatch from the Future – gets an outstanding review from Guernica Magazine: “Stein’s poems are the very perfect product of a frenetic in-between…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Evidently Peruvians are the best at not getting rabies. Important news: squids be crazy. Neil deGrasse Tyson is everyone’s hero. I guess it is time to revolutionize archeological mapping. Its…
What To Do With An MFA
Over at The Millions, writer Nick Ripatrazone offers his advice on what to do once you’ve graduated with a MFA: teach high school. Ripatrazone makes the argument that a career…
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT STEVE ALMOND’S TAXES
“Further questions should be referred to my accountant, the aforementioned Marty, who is no longer employed by H&R Block and who was, last time I checked, living in a small…
Help Support The Grimaldis
Bay Area local Dane Ballard is the writer and producer of The Grimaldis, a musical about the decline of a show-biz family: “For generations, the Grimaldi family has thrilled audiences the world…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
If we can make it to 2045 then maybe we can live forever. Maybe a lot of things. The moon respects flags, but doesn’t care what is on them. Kid’s…
Contraceptive Ubiquity
Free birth control is being made available to American women today under the Affordable Health Care Act. Jezebel lets you in on the secrets to scoring yours. In addition to…
Photographing Hermits
Photographer Carlo Bevilacqua spent five years photographing hermits for a project he calls “Into the Silence.” Each of his subjects choose to live outside of society for different reasons – from the…
Kickstarter Gentrification
What began as a digital platform to aid underfunded artists in finding a wider audience and financial backing is now weeding out amateurs. The business of managing and consulting kickstarter…