Philip Pullman writes about Blake’s poetry, and argues that it can be appreciated separate from the illuminations. Thermos interviews Katy Lederer, who we reviewed nearly a year ago. Anindita Sengupta…
You already knew the Rumpus has a Twitter feed, but that’s just not enough. You need more. You crave tweets from the people who make The Rumpus happen. It’s like…
The big news this week was the iPad announcement, including the tech-world’s dismissal of it. (Fraser Speirs addresses that nicely.) But there’s a lot more happening in the world of…
If the moon seemed overly large last night, there’s a reason why. Our DNA is only half-human. What’s the rest of us made from? California has claimed the first moon-landing…
Call me a Philistine, but I felt Howard Zinn’s death way more than J.D. Salinger’s. Here’s some links for your Saturday morning. Dahlia Lithwick examines the contradictions and contortions KBR…
C. D. Payne’s museum of oddities. Some people live lives filled with beautiful Chinese tea house/spas. I am not one of these people. New Scientist on our most likely next…
Now even earlier! I have a thing about redheads. The top ten books written by librarians. Matthew Rainwaters looks at the Texas criminal justice system. Why yes, I would like…
“Even if you could please everyone, if you were an artist with as many gifts as Berdeshevsky, why would you want to?” Brian Beglin reviews Margo Berdeshevsky’s Beautiful Soon Enough.
Anyone can tame a grizzly bear, Doug. Shit’s hack. But a polar bear? I hope you’re not too uncomfortable sleeping on that bed of money I just made for us.…
The Context Project is seeking to blur the line between industrial design and fine art. It is also totally rad. Yesterday marked the 31st anniversary of the first robot homicide…
This week: Work on the memoir you’ve always wanted to write with Michelle Tea, dance to benefit Doctors Without Borders at San Francisco Hearts Haiti, watch SF IndieFest take over…