In a World of Infinite Possibility
“Lucy comes home from work. Lucy undresses in the foyer. Lucy gets on her hands and knees and crawls to her cage. Lucy listens. Lucy waits.” Check out our own…
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Sunday Features
In case you slept Sunday away again, don’t miss this excellent essay by Abby Mims, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Joan Didion.” “Didion’s words help us to…
Meet Our Own Knife-Throwing Eligible Bachelor
Rumpus managing editor Isaac Fitzgerald is featured in two articles today! Nerve highlights his single and eligible status, while The Bold Italic explores the relationship between Isaac and his knife,…
Notable San Francisco: 2/13-2/19
This Week in San Francisco…! Monday 2/13: Judge Agatha Hoff reads at Odd Mondays, hosted by Dog Eared Books in Noe Valley. Free, 7pm.
Notable New York, This Week 2/13-2/19
This week in New York, A Point of View on a Point of View, The Franklin Park Reading Series, SMITH Magazine’s Six-Word Story Show, Page Meets Stage with Amy Lemmon…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Valentine’s Day is tomorrow, if you’ve been wondering what to get that special someone. There is a good chance you will soon have a medically classified mental illness. Here’s some…
Science Saturday
I for one welcome our origami robot overlords. So this story has a bat fly trapped in amber that’s 20 million years old. Who makes this into a movie? Is…
Saturday Morning Links
Last night the low was 1. Not Celsius either. In Celsius it was like negative fuck-you. Earlier in the day I looked out the door and saw bright sunny skies.…
Transcendent Passes
Aleksandar Hemon writes about finding a way to play soccer after moving to the States, the characters on his team, and most importantly, this: “…The moment of transcendence that might…
Lessons Not Learned
At HTML Giant, our own essays editor Roxane Gay celebrates unlikable characters as she reviews December Rumpus Book Club selection, Sara Levine’s Treasure Island!!!. “Sometimes, I get tired of redemption. I don’t…
Always A Barista To Somebody
In The New York Times, Jason Diamond writes about celebrating having his work published, while the rest of the world still remembers him for his former barista days. “And while…