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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
I don’t want to alarm anyone, but there may be a giant gas planet hiding over there. Your Mid-Century Modernist design porn for the day. How is predictive text changing us? Letters of Note + Muppets = the best thing…
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Where I Write #3: Wherever and Whenever I Can
At the moment, I’m writing in a cafeteria full of adult nerds who are parents of teenaged nerds, some of whom will likely be running the country twenty years from now.
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Good News for Literary Journals
What’s the difference between a literary journal and a mayfly? The literary journal’s reputation for short lifespans might not be justified. According to Daniel Nester and Steve Black, authors of the article “Here Today, Here Tomorrow: On the Lifespan of…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
I don’t usually go in for self-promotion here, but if you are a fan of children, mornings, and/or coffee perhaps you would like to sponsor me at 826 Valencia’s Spelling Bee for Cheaters? You know, for the kids! Good news…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Update: Animal sex is terrifying sometimes. The real Captain Ahab’s ship has been found, which is cool right? Important: do not give false prophecies in Romania. This is how fleas jump.
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McSweeney’s has The Goods
McSweeney’s and Tribune Media Services are bringing The Goods – “a gallimaufry of games, puzzles, comics, and other diversions” for kids and adults – to weekly newspapers. Contributing artists and writers include The Rumpus’s own Jon Adams.
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #74
MY VALENTINE’S DATE ★★★★★ (2 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing my Valentine’s Date.
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Wants/Needs
We have now featured three “Rumpus Readers Report,” (“Family/Holidays,” “Neighborhood,” and “Impossible Love“) but let’s be honest, three is not nearly enough. We’re hungry for more of your writing, and this time we want you to tackle the theme “Wants/Needs.”…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Love is sort of cool right? Sinking ship art installation (woo). Interesting fact: animals are fascinating a lot of the time. Department of maybe-you-would-like-to-buy-this: the world’s largest toy collection. If you do not love levitating people there is something wrong…
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The Best Literary Pick-Up Lines
It’s upon us. We can talk about how much we hate Valentine’s day and how it’s a manufactured-greeting-card-capitalist holiday until we’re red in the face. Or we can use this holiday to our advantage and parlay the red hearts and…
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Would You Go Back to 1973?
“Here’s the thought experiment of the day: If you could be transported back to 1900 with your current income, would you take the deal? The answer is almost certainly no. Sure, your current income would go a hell of a…
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Valentine’s Day Rumpus!
Join The Rumpus on Valentine’s Day, in San Francisco for: “Do You Love Me Now?” At The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, 7pm Click here to purchase tickets! Featuring authors Deb Olin Unferth, Matthew Siegel, Chiwan Choi, Charlie Getter! Comedy by…