“Pachyderm”
Don’t miss this poem from Sherman Alexie’s forthcoming collection, Blasphemy: New and Selected Stories. “Until he became an elephant, Sheldon referred to his left hand as ‘my hand’ and to…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Newsflash: dinosaur era fleas were very big. Meanwhile, elsewhere in dinosaur news, there was a press release about alien dinosaurs the other day. Margaret De Patta’s jewelry (is great). Science…
Literary Feng-shui
Check out this slideshow of 15 writer’s bedrooms. Enjoy simple minimalism? Look no further than Capote’s warmly lit abode. What about torturously uncomfortable wooden chairs? Hemingway had them in spades.…
More on CeCe McDonald
CeCe in her own words. Yesterday, McDonald pled guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter in the second degree. Supporters can write to CeCe while she’s in jail, and those…
Real Talk from Your Editor
Check out this amazing Tumblr. The Rumpus editorial board is particularly fond of this one: When all of the important national mag awards go to white dudes. (Via Xtina Richards)
National Poetry Month Day 33: “Carpal Seeple” by Joyelle McSweeney
No tyrannical calendar will define National Poetry Month for us! Carpal Seeple I want to get Augustan pass the mustard make it matter make it
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Last week two of my favorite websites in the whole dang internet joined forces to feature rad bookplates. Maybe the key to helping premature babies lies in the kangaroo. Everyone…
“Mistakes Were Made”
At The New York Times, Constance Hale continues her writing lessons series with an exploration of the appropriate uses and pitfalls of the notorious passive voice. “…Some of the worst…
TPM Switches to Facebook Comments
In an interesting move, popular political site Talking Points Memo will begin using Facebook comments as their main commenting system. TPM Editor John Marshall explains the decision here. “…To make…
In Front of a Thousand Clowns
At Worn Stories, Fiona Helmsley writes about a thrift-store-find Christian Dior slip, and her former fiancé. “That night, I looked like a lost Beale. With his preppy good looks and…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
There is rarely a need to smash things. Just in time for yesterday, Diego Rivera’s Moscow May Day. It’s a whole dang world out there. Chinese fast food. People were…
Thanks, Brooklyn Based!
We’re honored to be included in this compilation of “Six Literary Blogs You Should Be Reading Daily” over at Brooklyn Based’s The Freelance Life. “Influence-wise The Rumpus feels like it…