Notable New York, This Week 7/30-8/5
This week in NYC: MONDAY 7/30: The Books Beneath the Bridge series takes on short stories, with Robin Black (If I Loved You, I Would Tell You This), Tania James…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Some Monday whimsy: the umbrellas of Agueda, Portugal and flying dinosaurs of the 1980s. Just kidding, the world is hella bleak! Now you can print out guns! On the regrets…
A Brief Saturday Rumpus History Lesson on Envy
I can’t stay here long today as some other pressing obligations call. But there’s been a higher than average amount of chatter about writerly jealousy this week. I assure you…
“Produce more, consume less”
What if you had to earn your internet access by producing something? That’s the idea behind Blockr software, which allows you to set creative goals–like writing a certain number of…
The Rumpus Release Party for Dear Sugar’s Tiny Beautiful Things
The Rumpus Release Party for Dear Sugar’s Tiny Beautiful Things has sold out! For those of you who have a ticket, we’re excited to see you this evening. For the…
The Art of the Book Blurb
How many methods are there to be uniquely flattering? Over at The Kenyon Review, poet and Rumpus contributor Jake Adam York takes a stab at naming the different ways to sing one’s…
Another Reason to Know Your Grammar
Only a week ago, we blogged about the fluidity of the English language. However, for those of you currently seeking a job, take note: grammar is important. While some of…
#REALTALK RETURNS
Ann Friedman, former executive editor of GOOD magazine and current staffer at Tomorrow, has relocated her much beloved blog #realtalk from your editor to the Columbia Journalism Review. It’s there…
“Future Pups From the Past” and Other Genetic Facsimiles
Cryogenically freezing your dogs DNA has its merits. South Korean cloning technologies can see the dead resurrected and reproducing. Case in point: Sir Lancelot, star of the series “I Cloned my…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Today in awful news: I hope you’re ready for food to get crazy expensive. People say that 3D is horrible, but how many times has a NON 3D movie fixed…
BOB ROSS MOMENT OF THE DAY
PBS is teaming up with Symphony of Science to remix old PBS classics. Devoted fans of the television network will recognize the distinctive head of hair on the star of…
Top Secret Ted Wilson
Ted Wilson, our reviewer of all things in the world, has just reviewed something he thinks may be too controversial for public consumption. While he does not believe in censorship,…