Other
-
Science Saturday
A team of scientists says they’ve mapped the color scheme of the oldest discovered feathered dinosaur. Gene patents are under attack in federal court. Good. Shackleton’s whiskey is being recovered and may eventually be recreated. How well do you make…
-
Saturday Morning Links
I would totally buy this. If it were real. And assuming I needed a chain saw. Twitpics are no big deal. Twitpics from space, though… I’m sure I’m not the only person who snorted audibly when Amazon said “We don’t…
-
Morning Coffee
I assure you our heart is in the right place. We aren’t sure if we love this or hate this, but damn it all it’s Friday and we are linking to some hipster puppies. This year’s Olympic medals will be…
-
Are Printed Literary Journals Imperiled?
“For me, if there’s a piece of writing that I care about, I want to have the physical object,” says Brigid Hughes, editor of the literary journal A Public Space. “There’s a permanence to it, a different kind of permanence…
-
Morning Coffee
NY Times on how your brain physically manifests abstract ideas and the Tanzanian Spray Toad. The Hubble has detected an alien spacecraft (or just a comet or something, whatever). The universe is hella closer to death than we thought. (via…
-
Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Today we have a Rumpus Original Combo with Gabrielle Calvocoressi, which includes an interview as well as a Rumpus Original Poem: “Every Person in This Town Loves Football” Even the nuns come out to watch the boys in their gold…
-
Congratulations
Poet D. A. Powell, a subject of a Supersized Combos last April, has been announced the winner of the $100,000 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award from Claremont Graduate University.
-
Morning Coffee
I really just want to use the phrase “acoustic wind pavilion.” A look at a few of the 180,000 pictures from the Magnum photo archives. Live feed of a Bald Eagle’s nest. (via MeFi.) A look into the Swedish Pavilion…
-
FUNNY WOMEN #14: A Play About the Men at My Gym in Five Acts
ACT ONE Scene: DEREK*, is in his early thirties with a military haircut, moderately toned flab, and tinted eyeglasses.
-
Death of the Party
Kyle Kinane‘s debut album, Death of the Party, hits stores today. Kyle is a frequent Rumpus contributor and has performed stand-up at numerous Rumpus events. More importantly, he is one of our all time favorite comedians. So we’re doing something…
-
Morning Coffee
Why yes, I DO like pictures of Dubai. Pain Pack let’s you experience other’s emotional pain. Photographing e-waste. The ultimate graphic novel (in six panels). Blue whales voices dropping. What does your brain think is funny?