Nicholson Baker Tries Kindle, Finds it Wanting
If you know anything about Nicholson Baker, you know that he has an unparalleled talent for describing the small and ordinary things in everyday life, their textures and surfaces and…
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Morning Coffee
The most beautiful flowermart in the world. “Aldous Huxley vs. George Orwell” (no this isn’t the same link as the other day, thanks for asking.) “Eric,” a story in pictures…
Too Many Inkblots?
In the last few months, Wikipedia has been in debate with psychologists who are upset that Rorschach inkblot plates can be easily found online. Because the Rorschach tests are displayed…
Morning Coffee
“In 1873, they reunited in Brussels, but it took only two days before Verlaine bought a gun and got drunk and shot Rimbaud in the wrist.” LA Times on famous…
Richard Nash’s Next Venture
“Soft Skull began at a Kinko’s in 1993 courtesy of Adobe and Xerox. It started with fewer resources and far less maturity and experience than, say, Seven Stories, Arcade, Manic…
Was Re: Skinny Jeans
“Every semester that I teach my underground music course, I ask my students what they think the word ‘indie’ means, and somebody inevitably gives the same answer: skinny pants. I…
A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column: #12 Running Backs in Love
Last week, D.H. Lawrence wasn’t mentioned by name in any sports sections, and no professional athletes cited The Rainbow in their postgame interviews. But there were intriguing baseball- and football-related…
The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Greetings, world. Blogging will be light today. Your humble Sunday editor is in Monterey celebrating the life of a friend who recently passed. But to keep you with stuff to…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Britain’s Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has commissioned some war poetry for today as the Afghan war rages and the official inquiry into the Iraq War begins. Joel Brouwer commemorates…
Did You Miss?
Lots of great reading on The Rumpus over the last couple of weeks. Here’s some links in case you missed them. Kelly did a fascinating rundown on the stripper memoir.…
Oddest Video Game Ever?
I’ll never be mistaken for a legitimate gamer–I couldn’t figure out Defender when I was in my teenaged gaming prime, and I own the Iron Chef America game for the…
Charles Blow on Skip Gates
If I had to guess, based on the reaction I saw and read over the last day and a half, I’d say roughly 0% of the white male pundits bloviating…