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Spotlighting the Editor
An enlightening Paris Review interview with Robert Gottlieb, a veteran editor/publisher whose editorial touch you have undoubtedly experienced. The editorial process is after all, its own art form that is not wholly visible to readers. Esteemed authors (Toni Morrison, Joseph…
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The Perfect Sentence
Stanley Fish knows how to appreciate a sentence. And as an avid supporter, he handpicks the historically significant, the revolution-inspiring and the dangerous sentences that have been crafted over the centuries in his book, How to Write a Sentence. This…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Every day is a good day to look at antique mug shots. Did you know there are architects capable of designing art museums today who are NOT Frank Gehry? Drawing Autism (this is really fascinating, fyi). Wait, did someone say…
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Remembering Why We Love Libraries
Libraries have not been getting enough attention, so sometimes it’s beneficial to meditate on the anecdotal secrets and historical utilities that this community institution has provided us with over the years. From supplying research for revolutionaries to refuge for writers—there…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #85
BROWN SUGAR ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing brown sugar.
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Notable San Francisco, This Week 5/02-5/08
This week in San Francisco, Top Gun turns 25, class it up with Free Museum Day and then celebrate Cinco de Mayo with the whole entire Mission.
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The National Poetry Month Project
This is the third year that The Rumpus has celebrated National Poetry Month by running a new, previously-unpublished poem every day for the month. Here’s a link to last year’s collection. We’ve solicited poems from a wide range of poets…
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Notable New York, This Week 5/02-5/08
This week in New York Ai Weiwei’s public art installation debuts at Central Park; a talk on manga and graphic novels at The Japan Society; Kathryn Harrison, author of The Kiss at Housing Works; NOON spring issue launch party; Willow…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It’s a Monday so I can link to things like baby aardvarks and Werner Herzog voiceovers to get you through the day. I really hope the Finger-nose stylus takes off. In Portland, bikes are more important than money. It is…
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National Poetry Month, Day 32: “Sacrament” by Tracy K Smith
Our National Poetry Month project comes to an end two days after the end of the month, but we close with a special treat–a poem from the next book selection by the Rumpus Poetry Book Club, Life On Mars by…
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If Ikea Is Prose …
“(T)he erosion of the poetic is one of the ramifications of the franchise, whether it’s a furniture outlet or a fast food chain.” — Vincent Czyz at The Boston Review looks at an old proposed Ikea in New Rochelle and…