While we weren’t looking the Russians totally beat us at the most important part of the space race. Speaking of: totally 80s Soviet propaganda. Let’s all take a moment to…
With the political turmoil going down in Libya, and with a history of artistic oppression, specifically the writers that were unjustly imprisoned under Gadhafi’s rule, it should be asked: what’s…
Maud Newton’s NY Times essay, “Another Thing to Sort of Pin on David Foster Wallace,” discusses yet another DFW-inspired trend–that is his “slangy approachability.” He defined a writing style that…
The Rumpus Proudly Presents: “It’s About Time” A Los Angeles Rumpus Event! Saturday September 10th, The Echoplex, 1154 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026, Doors Open 4 pm, show starts…
“…isn’t it strange, I mean, this thing about being a human being breathing and thinking and sensing and dwelling always, always, in a place?” This essay in the Millions is…
There’s a new alternative sports site in the making. The Classical is the brainchild of a bunch of writers and editors who write for the Nation, the Times, GQ, Vice,…
This week in New York Amy Waldman reads from The Submission; a book party for Jennifer Close’s Girls in White Dresses; CALYX poetry reading at Bluestockings; a night of prose…
You can follow the Guardian’s live coverage here. Al Jazeerah is reporting that fighting has broken out near Gaddafi’s compound in Tripoli, but so far, no sign of Gaddafi himself.…
The future is now #5086: French airport holograms! Google Street View is mapping the Amazon. Sad new aerodrome fans. Dogs totally know that you have cancer. As it turns out,…
How can we interest boys in reading when the majority of YA bestsellers are targeted to girls, who are more into books about “mean girls, gossip girls, frenemies and vampires”?…
BookLamp.org could be called the cousin of Pandora. This new website allows you to type in the name of a favorite book or author and then finds books with similar…