Other

  • Photos From Last Night

    The talented Maggie Oran has posted photos from last night’s Rumpus event in San Francisco.

  • Advertisement

    Rumpus Film Editor Jeremy Hatch is now offering his editorial skills to the general public. He has nine years of experience as a writer and as an editor, he has worked on everything from 1-page resumés to book-length manuscripts, and…

  • Morning Coffee

    Pictures of plant gall, one of the weirdest/raddest looking things in the world. It is hard to argue with 8-bit NYC. By the way, if you live in New York, you should probably go see Olafur Eliasson’s new installation (for…

  • Limited Time Panorama Offer (Final Chance!)

    Tickets to the Monthly Rumpus in San Francisco TODAY are only $10 (cheap!). But, for a limited time, if you purchase your tickets online you have the option to pay $15 and receive a copy of McSweeney’s issue 33: The…

  • Notable San Francisco, This Week: 3/8-3/14

    This week, it’s Monthly Rumpus time again, Ilisa Barbash’s Sweetgrass takes over at the Landmark Lumiere, learn about the San Francisco Panorama at San Francisco State University, and maybe go see some clowns. Monday 3/8: Come down to The Makeout…

  • Notable New York, This Week 3/8 – 3/14

    This week in New York Sam Lipsyte reads from The Ask, David Shields reads from Reality Hunger, the Magnetic Fields perform, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks reads, Lore Segal and Tao Lin engage in a panel discussion about the novella, Stephen Elliott…

  • Morning Coffee

    Behold the (wildly impractical) coffee-powered car. Still more vintage matchbook covers (these ones have animals on them!) The Maldives have commissioned the building of several floating star-shaped islands. In related news: the Maldives evidently are totally awesome. The Maskatorium. Take…

  • Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears

    Have I ever mentioned how much I hate having to clear the cache? Maybe this time I’ll get better about bookmarking sites. Karin Slaughter has concerns about how e-books will affect the future of reading. I tend to think that…

  • Science Saturday

    Want to see two icebergs collide? Of course you do. A new study suggests that even the equator was covered with ice at one point. Is culture as a part of natural selection instead of as a buffer against it?…

  • Would you like to write (about poetry) for The Rumpus?

    Of course you would. Who wouldn’t? Tell us about the last poem or book of poetry you loved, no length requirements. The best will be published right here in the blog. Send your entries to poetry-at-therumpus-dot-net Also, if you’re interested…

  • Saturday Morning Links

    Since the Oscars have killed what little integrity they had by doubling the field for Best Picture, why shouldn’t they add a category for best cameo appearance? Stan Lee makes the case for it, though I’m a little disappointed he…