“soft hues to violent stains”
“To what extent is color a physical thing in the physical world, and to what extent is it created in our minds?” Radiolab investigates the intangible chromatic universe in this…
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She Smelled of New Book
In our digitalized age, where there is constant postulation on the death of print, it is reassuring to know that should the medium be lost, the scent of a new…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
The bottom of the sea continues to be filled with the craziest things. Update from a recent post: we still have no idea what happened to Amelia Earhart. Mapping life…
Alden Van Buskirk
At The Poetry Foundation, Garrett Caples writes a moving essay on the life of Alden Van Buskirk, a Vermont born, Dartmouth-St. Louis-Mexico-Oakland raised poet with connections to the Beats and a…
Bumper Year for The Booker Prize
The Booker Prize 2012 long-list is out and it’s in with the new. “We were considering novels not novelists, texts not reputations,” says Peter Stothard. Shortlist to come September 11.
‘Who’s Up, Who’s Down, Who’s New’
Monocle Magazine‘s annual global quality of life survey is freshly released for public consumption. A city’s livability and lovability (amongst other things) are considered in this reflection on what makes a…
“Not since Sylvia Plath…
…has a poet indulged an orgy of self-speculation of these proportions.” At The Boston Review, B.K. Fischer takes a close look at Rumpus contributor Ariana Reines’ poetry of the erotic…
“SO NICE TO KNOW THERE’S ANOTHER SOUL OUT THERE”
In case you had doubts, it’s now clear that Morrissey’s sarcastic, witty, and tragicomic persona in The Smiths was never an act. Even back in 1980, three years prior to the band’s beginnings,…
A Chik-Fil-A Flap Roundup
Sorry. I couldn’t resist the chance to make a bad joke. I tried to work people having beef with the company into the title but it was too cumbersome. Anyway,…
“You Are Your Lover’s Kink”
In writing about the “complexities of desire, objectification and fetishization,” Vivienne Chen gives the Rumpus some love. Chen quotes Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott — who argues that “there is no…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Important news: the Earth is pretty. Let’s talk about the logistics of broadcasting from Antarctica. If you are willing to look really dumb, you can improve your memory. Here are…
The Rumpus Release Party for Dear Sugar’s Tiny Beautiful Things
The Rumpus Release Party for Dear Sugar’s Tiny Beautiful Things is fast approaching! Join us Friday, July 27th at The Verdi Club (2424 Mariposa Street), 6:30pm. Featuring readings from Elissa Bassist,…