“When you’re not religious, sacredness means something that fills you with awe. The creation of something awe-striking requires a pure offering, an opening up to the universe. It’s not always…
“My grief has been all the usual and varied colours of sadness and madness. It has been searing, voluptuous, numbing. I foresaw that it would be — I have been…
Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott is giving a series of lectures on using your life in your writing. Check out the links to reserve a place and more information. Proceeds benefit…
Conceptual art we can get behind: the biggest disco ball the world has ever known. Goodnight Keith Moon. No, we don’t speak German, but we do like these pictures by…
True story: this entry briefly read “morning of coffee”. I tell you this because I trust you. The top ten places you can not go. A guide to making cartoons…
The January 18 edition of the New Yorker (online for subscribers) has a superb, in-depth profile of South African artist William Kentridge by Calvin Tomkins. Kentridge, who worked in drawing,…
Resin macrophotography. Because it is cool that’s why. US Geological Survey map of the moon. (via Metafilter.) It’s been a long time since we’ve talked about the red devil squid.…
This week, buy The Rumpus a drink at the first Monthly Rumpus of 2010, San Francisco’s MoMa turns 75, and Conan O’Brien honors Conan O’Brien at this year’s Sketchfest. Monday…
No time like the present to get tickets to tonight’s blowout Monthly Rumpus in San Francisco: Welcome Back. Featuring authors Michelle Tea, D. A. Powell, Elissa Bassist, Daniel Nester, and…
In New York this week Richard Price is interviewed by Philip Gourevitch, David Byrne presents Creation in Reverse, Joyce Carol Oates and Elaine Showalter chat over brunch, Tao Lin (who…