Life and Times of A Bibliophile
“The love of books, the possession of them, can be thought of as an extension of one’s self or being, not separate from a love of life but rather as…
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Patient and Painter
The Guardian excerpts ten images from Nick Wadley’s new book, Man + Doctor, a visual autobiographical account of the author’s time spent in various hospitals in the UK, his anxieties and observations…
A Story of Equine Intimacy
“She had big brown eyes, long eyelashes, and a light brown mane and tail. It may not seem possible but I saw a shy smile on her lips. She tried…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Today features two of my favorite phrases: “space farts” and “gorilla teamwork“. I sure wish the Olympics still had artistic categories. The singularity is near! This jellyfish was made from…
“Just a Bunch Of City Kids Climbing a Mountain . . .”
That’s the slogan for Washington II Washington, an annual week-long camping trip started by FOUND magazine editor Davy Rothbart. The coming trip will take kids from inner-city Washington D.C. and…
DAVID WOJNAROWICZ: The Man and The Mythology
Artist David Wojnarowicz died twenty years ago this past Sunday, on July 22, 1992, from complications caused by AIDS. Cynthia Carr has written a new biography of Wojnarowicz called Fire…
The Ink on Famous Authors
We don’t usually do lists, but this one from Flavorwire features Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott and his tattoos. He’s in renowned company — the list includes the likes of Jonathan…
Olympians Crash Grindr
Popular gay dating app Grindr crashed “within minutes” of the arrival of Olympic teams in London today — due to the spike in demand. “It happened almost as soon as…
Love in Lake Forest
At The Paris Review, Rumpus contributor Jason Diamond wonders about F. Scott Fitzgerald’s repeated references to Lake Forest, Illinois, determining that the city’s significance derived from the fact that it…
Notable San Francisco 7/23/-7/29
This Week in San Francisco! Monday 7/23: Paula Priamos and Dana Johnson read from recently released acclaimed SoCal-culture narratives The Shyster’s Daughter and Elsewhere, CA. Free, 7pm, Books Inc. Opera…
Albert Camus: Solitude and Solidarity
LA Review of Books’ Robert Zaretsky reviews Albert Camus: Solitude and Solidarity: “…the book is a remarkable effort at recapturing — or, for many readers, simply capturing for the first…
Notable New York, This Week 7/23-7/29
This week in NYC: MONDAY 7/23: Fluxblog celebrates 10 years of mp3 blogging at Housing Works Bookstore Café. Rob Sheffield, Mark Richardson, Emily Gould, Amanda Petrusich, Dick Valentine of Electric…