Think of it, perhaps, as a mini-Rumpus, south Florida style, tonight at 8:00 p.m at The Projects in FAT Village. This is the literary component of the Self Lit Art…
Via Rumpus Contributor Michael Hollander, here’s some great art and an even better story from Nina Paley about some work she did for the Brooklyn Museum. It might seem dry–she…
So, global warming isn’t happening? Tell that to the people who will starve because crop yields are down due to hotter temperatures. Computer scientists at the University of Texas-Austin have…
My eyes are taking some time to focus this morning, so I’m occasionally lifting my glasses and putting my nose on my laptop screen. No idea why you would need…
Maybe we all came from this dude. Life aboard a spy plane (way to go world). Similarly: let’s all check out James Bond first editions. How to swim in the…
Something’s in the air, feelin’ pretty sciencey. But first here are some pictures of clouds. This totally explains how my identity got stolen by a koala. Maybe we all came…
First things first: DON’T EAT ARMADILLOS. Norway, Photochrom style. The Social Animal is a really weird book. Here are some things made out of staples. Also Ottoman architecture is pretty…
There are currently two living veterans from World War I. Pondering what it means to be the last first-hand witnesses to an era or a major historical event is the…
An enlightening Paris Review interview with Robert Gottlieb, a veteran editor/publisher whose editorial touch you have undoubtedly experienced. The editorial process is after all, its own art form that is…
Stanley Fish knows how to appreciate a sentence. And as an avid supporter, he handpicks the historically significant, the revolution-inspiring and the dangerous sentences that have been crafted over the…
Every day is a good day to look at antique mug shots. Did you know there are architects capable of designing art museums today who are NOT Frank Gehry? Drawing…
Libraries have not been getting enough attention, so sometimes it’s beneficial to meditate on the anecdotal secrets and historical utilities that this community institution has provided us with over the…