More on Amazon’s Assholery
“As I see it, the problem with Amazon stems from the fact that though it started out as a bookseller, it isn’t anymore, not really. It sells everything now, and…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It’s hard not to be in the holiday mood when gingerbread geodesic domes are involved. Cool hunting brings you the best photographs of the Miami Art Basel. You know what…
“A Night of Truth and Lies” Tonight!
The Rumpus and Mother Jones Magazine are teaming up for the December Monthly Rumpus, “A Night of Truth and Lies.” Join us tonight(!), 7pm, The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street,…
Notable San Francisco 12/12-12/17
This week in San Francisco- Monday 12/12: The Rumpus and Mother Jones Magazine are teaming up for the December Monthly Rumpus, “A Night of Truth and Lies.” Featuring authors Anna…
Notable New York, This Week 12/12-12/18
This week in New York, the Franklin Park Reading Series; David Lipsky on David Foster Wallace; the 2011 Awkward Office Lit Mag Party; RISK!; launch party for OCCUPY! Scenes from…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Listen people, Norway is running out of butter! How I love you San Francisco. (Related.) Future Drama is your tumblr of the week. Now let’s all take a moment to…
Men’s Magazine or Rapist?
Yuck. According to a new study, most people who are presented with descriptions of women from British “lad’s mags” and statements made about women from convicted rapists can’t tell which…
Science Saturday
Everyone who’s been able to light their water on fire when gas companies started fracturing shale to get to natural gas just said “No shit, EPA.” NASA scientists announced that…
Saturday Morning Links
I woke up yesterday, saw that the temperature outside was 36 degrees and thought “that’s not so bad.” I think I’m adjusting to the idea of winter, though it’s still…
Friendly Advice
What do you do if you find yourself befriending a writer? Rebecca Rosenblum breaks it down, answering a few FAQs regarding day drinking, topics of conversation, and reading a friend’s…
Roxane Gay on The Situation in American Writing
“The Situation in American writing,” Full Stop’s questionnaire for prominent authors—with questions ranging from literary criticism to war—elicits some excellent responses from Roxane Gay. “My writing is lots of things…
New YA Literary Magazine
A new young adult literary magazine will be introduced in 2012. Each issue of One Teen Story “will feature one amazing short story about the teen experience.” A contest will…