Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Mother’s Day is Sunday, but Norway won’t need a reminder. TECHNOLOGY! Anything can be a touch screen now. On the incredible amounts of “upcycling” copies of National Geographic go through.…
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Worst. Water Bed. Ever.
The Animal Kingdom, specifically the marine insect known as the water skater, has devised a new use for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, using the expanse of pelagic plastics as…
Ye Olde Fart Jokes
Meanwhile in England, a troupe of 24 modern day pilgrims re-enacted Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, walking the 1637 pilgrimage route and raising money for the National Literacy Trust. The group stopped…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
One last memorial: Art Spiegelman on Sendak. “We jump over camels.” Tomorrow in Libertarian u/dystopias: obscenely rich tech giants building their own floating, government-free, start-up island. Meanwhile, Dubai has the…
Same-Sex Marriage Roundup
To almost no one’s surprise, last night North Carolina became the 31st state to ban same-sex marriage. This is the second time North Carolina has done this–the first time was…
Tom Gabel Comes Out as Transgender
Tom Gabel of the band Against Me! opens up about plans to begin living as a woman. Gabel will being transitioning soon and intends to take the name Laura Jane…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Mother’s Day is coming up, maybe you should buy a flying hovercraft. Here are some delightfully morbid 19th century biology book illustrations. This Jewel Caterpillar is pretty neat. Document roadkill,…
Abraham Lincoln: Facebook Inventor
In 1845, Abraham Lincoln tried–and failed–to patent the The Springfield Gazette, a personal paper with striking similarities to our modern day Book of Faces. Here’s the full story. “He went…
Top Flash Fiction
Wigleaf recently published their annual compilation of the top (very) short fictions. Aimee Bender, Stuart Dybek, and Rumpus columnist Steve Almond are among the 50 writers featured this year.
“Infinite Ache”
At Ebony, Saeed Jones reflects on the vastness of grief as the one-year anniversary of his mother’s death approaches. “Now, though I sometimes cry, I more often feel a sense…
Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012
Maurice Sendak passed away this morning at 83. The New York Times looks back at his lengthy life. A life in pictures. “I refuse to lie to children… I refuse…
New Readers Report Theme:
Deep Trouble
We’re hungry for more writing from Rumpus readers, so we’re now accepting submissions for another “Rumpus Readers Report.” This time we want you to tackle the theme “Deep Trouble.” Please…