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African Literature in African Languages

The BBC’s Gavin Esler conducted a brief but thought-provoking interview with Kenyan author Ngugi Wa Thiong’o. Whereas Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie declares she has “taken ownership of English,” Thiong’o balks at the…

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Neil Gaiman Reads From Latest Novel

Listen to Neil Gaiman read from his latest novel The Ocean at the End of the Lane (his first book meant for adult readers that he’s written in eight years). He…

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Morning Coffee

Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee

Dan Weiss is on tour with his band through August 10, but fear not: We’ll still be serving up your morning coffee. To start, a scrolling story with the line: “The thing I’m…

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Why Clowns Freak Us Out So Bad

If you find clowns more sinister than hilarious, you’re in good company. Clowning has long been associated with a frisson of tragedy or fear, since way before It or John Wayne…

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A Reader’s Guide to YA Novels

Upworthy has an exhaustive (but not at all exhausting) list of young-adult books besides the Harry Potter series for the teenager in your life (or you—no judgment!). Historical fiction (The Book…

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The Card Catalog Is Mightier than the Sword

Rumpus readers already know librarians are heroes, but it’s nice to see other people get it too. Here’s io9’s list of 20 heroic librarians who save the world in books,…

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Notable New York

Notable New York: 08/05-08/11

MONDAY 08.05 Akashic Books takes over Books Beneath the Bridge for a night of noir from the 5 boroughs. On top of a chance to win their 5-Borough Noir Set…

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We Love You Back, Flavorwire!

We’re psyched to see we made it onto Flavorwire’s list of 25 Best Websites for Literature Lovers, especially because we were labeled “the best of the West”! Labels are always…

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Peter Orner + Isaac Fitzgerald = Awesome Reading

Bay Area folks: Rumpus columnist Peter Orner will talk with Rumpus co-owner/former managing editor Isaac Fitzgerald about his upcoming collection of short stories, Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge. It sounds like a Rumpus…

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Nick Cave Monday #47: “More News From Nowhere”

Have you ever approached an attractive girl and said something clever but it turns out to be totally obvious? Yeah, me neither.

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Weekend Rumpus Roundup

For the love of God, hoist yourself out of that pit of self-loathing and read the Weekend Roundup: In Yumi Sakugawa’s Saturday comic, a man discovers tiny trees growing on…

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Morning Coffee

Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee

Dan Weiss is on tour with his band through August 10, but fear not: We’ll still be serving up your morning coffee. A small world carried on the back of a crab. A…

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