Iran’s Epic Poem, Now with Illustrations
You’ve heard of the Ramayana and the Epic of Gilgamesh, but have you heard of Shahnameh? It’s Iran’s epic mythical poem, and it’s “twice the length of The Iliad and…
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On Growing Up in the Orgone Box
In January, we posted about an SF Weekly interview, equal parts fascinating and disturbing, with a man who wrote a memoir about his sexual experiences with dolphins and other animals. That…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Behold the oldest known depiction of the New World (carved into an ostrich egg no less). Beer bongs will make you steal Robert Frost’s bust. This is a fact. What…
I’m Not A Novelist, But I Play One In a Video Game
The writing life isn’t a game—except when it is. The Novelist, an indie video game by Kent Hudson, lets you play at being a author without having to put pen…
Come Rumbl With Us!
If you’re not reading our Tumblr—the aptly titled “Rumblr”—then you’re missing out on GIFs, Friday Reads, and our in-house astrologer who is not actually an astrologer, Madame Clairvoyant. Here’s a…
Accio, Buyer’s Market!
Real-estate company Movoto has appraised “the Burrow,” the Weasley family home in the Harry Potter series, and figured out what it would sell for in the muggle world. The calculations are…
Emily Dickinson: Karaoke Queen?
For Bookish, music writer and self-described “karaoke ho” Rob Sheffield lists which songs famous authors of the past would have belted out on karaoke night. He’s unquestionably right about Oscar…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Don’t be paranoid, all this extra surveillance is great for finding lost civilizations. All I want in the whole world is to get a drink in an underwater volcanic tunnel.…
Alas, Poor Transatlantic Review!
The Paris Review just celebrated its sixtieth birthday—and not a gray hair in sight! But many game-changing, sterling-quality literary magazines didn’t make it to that ripe old(ish) age. At Flavorwire, Jason…
MaddAddam Is Coming
If you, like us, are drooling in anticipation for the conclusion to literary empress (and Rumpus interviewee!) Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy, well, mop up your chin and then check out…
Junot Díaz Pairs Up with Jaime Hernandez, Heaven and Nature Rejoice
This Is How You Lose Her, the latest collection of short stories from spectacular writer and all-around good human being Junot Díaz, will be reissued in a deluxe edition in…
McSweeney’s Night of One Hundred Apocalypses
Quick! Think of some apocalypses! How many did you think of? For Lucy Corin, the answer is one hundred, and some others. That’s why she named her book One Hundred Apocalypses…