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Vintage Tokyo subway manners posters (yes)! This is a literary website sometimes, so we should probably link to these newly redesigned F Scott Fitzgerald covers. I’m not going to lie…
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On the Road Meets Strunk and White
The Great Typo Hunt chronicles the journey of two conscientious vandals, Jeff Deck and Benjamin D. Hurston, as they attempt to reform our nation’s signage. Listen to the story at Talk…
Notable New York, This Week 8/10 – 8/15
This week Roseanne Cash remains Composed, Mark Cohen is Beat, Martin Amis makes it to NY!, 826NYC presents Here We Go Magic with a reading by Chuck Klosterman, Brooklyn is…
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On the one hand the world is a little less magical, on the other it’s pretty cool to understand how the Bermuda Triangle works. A little Chilean architecture porn to…
“Bill Lost an Eye and Joe Lost a Leg”
Please enjoy this look at “It’s Great to Be Alive!,” a safety manual from back in the day that “contains straightforward advice for children and shows in rather graphic detail…
Notable San Francisco, This Week: 8/9-8/15
This week, The Monthly Rumpus, Nerd Nite, the first episode of Literary Death Match with new producer, m.g. Martin, Ferris Plock’s latest solo show, and a pretty sweet looking lineup…
Kyle Kinane’s I’m Dead and It’s All My Fault #40
This is what I’m talking about—if I have to explain why a homemade zip line is the best idea ever, I’m just wasting my time with you, Doug. You just…
Simple Pleasures
British seaside kitsch has long been one of my favourite little obsessions, and this article in the Guardian contains quite a bit of it. As a Brit it tugged at…
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Whale evolution is pretty cool right? (via Jon Adams.) Meanwhile, these days, frozen aquarium. We here at the Rumpus are really into Christian Weber’s photography. Ahhhh! Yesterday’s power stations of…
A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column #29: My Elevator Ride With Captain America
In July, two nights after my daughter was born, I took the subway home from the hospital in the very early morning and spilled water all over the floor of…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Let’s have some fun on the interwebs, shall we? It’s funny that contractors at the Dylan Thomas center in Swansea made the same spelling mistake twice, writing “lighting” for “lightning.”…
More Prop 8 Reactions
Motions were due today to argue whether Judge Walker’s temporary stay on performing same-sex marriages should continue. No word yet on when he will rule. The reason this satirical piece…