Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
I’m going to be away from the internet for a couple days, I’ll miss you all dearly. Let’s all celebrate 10 years of awesome Envisat images! 19th century gloves as…
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HuffPost Letter Love
The Huffington Post interviews Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott about Letters in the Mail. “With a letter, you walk away from everything. You open it and read it. It’s just you…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It’s science! People are too dumb for democracy. The world is running out of whimsical ideas. Guerrilla street furniture. The future is self-cleaning. Here’s your Soviet monument/ruin porn for the…
In the Aura
In his essay Accidental Pugilism, Richard Farrell details the “both terrifying and inexplicably peaceful” experience of an epileptic aura, the phenomena that precedes a seizure. “The heart does rebel against…
In Defense of the Cheap Seats
It works like this. You tell the kid at the ticket counter you want to see J. Edgar at 7:30. He asks if you’d like regular or VIP seating.
On Beautiful Thing
The New York Times reviews Sonia Faleiro’s Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay’s Dance Bars. Jessica Crispin interviews Faleiro about the book and its narrative nonfiction lens. “Social…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
The 1940s were a dangerous time for bicycling. They were, however, a great time for zoo maps. So, uh, diamond weevils huh? Today in dolphins-are-hella-smart: they greet each other by…
“The Final Make-Out”
The Rumpus Proudly Presents: “The Final Make-Out” March 12th, 7pm, The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco. Featuring authors Alvin Orloff, Stacy Bierlein, and Mark Sundeen! Comedy by Miles…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Take your pick: 50’s insurance company ephemera, or 60’s anti-drug illustration. Um, hello, ghost dragon hunter. Fact: Samuel Beckett gave Andre the Giant rides to school. Neanderthals were much better…
The Rumpus Interview with Cassie Jaye
Documentary filmmaker Cassie Jaye landed the Best Documentary Award at Cannes Film Festival for her film, Daddy I Do in 2010 — about the controversial religious ceremony Purity Balls, where…
Transfer Suspense
The Rumpus is waiting on a server transfer, so we won’t be updating until further notice. This gives everyone a chance to catch up on the many excellent pieces from…
The Rumpus Reads for 826 Chicago! (Tomorrow!)
We are excited to to present an AWP offsite spectacular/fundraiser: The Rumpus Reads for 826 Chicago. Featuring readings by Cheryl Strayed (yes indeed, Sugar will be in the house!), Peter…