Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Super important news: dolphins and whales are bffs now. (via Metafilter.) 1970s Olivetti ads (are neat). It is time to play the subway. Here are some illustrations of animals cooking…
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Cormac McCarthy Hoax
This morning, a Cormac McCarthy impersonator showed up on Twitter, duping some twitterers until Vintage and Anchor confirmed that it was not the real McCarthy. In fact, the writer does…
Winter Binges
“There is something of a binge drinking belt across the north of the country, running westward from New England, Pennsylvania and Ohio to Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota…
Sunday Rumpus Recap
In case you snoozed Sunday away, here’s what went down: New, kick-ass Rumpus Sunday editor Gina Frangello brought in two great pieces, Emily Rapp’s “Transformation and Transcendence: The Power of…
Readers Report Due Tomorrow!
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 “New Beginnings.” Please…
Notable San Francisco: 1/23-1/29
This Week in San Francisco Monday 1/23: Brazilian Silent Film night features Margarette’s Feast a “modern silent masterpiece using the style and techniques of Brazil’s cinematic past.” Free, 6pm Hotel…
Notable New York, This Week 1/23-1/29
This week in New York, Ben Marcus reads from The Flame Alphabet; Mark Strand at 192 Books; E.L. Doctorow at Strand; New York Magazine and Longreads team up at Housing…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
By the year 2000 all women will be amazonian super women. Mental Floss has the alternative presidential candidate information you desire. The Russian mafia understands the art of the tombstone.…
Science Saturday
I’ve applauded Anonymous in the past, but this is not cool. The second you start drafting people into your cause without their knowledge, you become the thing you rail against.…
Saturday Morning Links
The weather app on my phone has stopped giving me the temperature and has started simply laughing at me. That is, when it’s not giving me the temperature in Kelvin…
Pick of the Week
Tupelo Hassman received Litseen’s Pick of the Week for her reading at January’s Monthly Rumpus. Congrats, Tupelo! If you missed her reading at the event, don’t worry: Litseen caught it…
Friday Features
We’re ending the week with a big ol’ Rumpus bang. Steve Almond kicked off a brand-new column, THE WEEK IN GREED. Plus, Rick Moody is back in action with a…