Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
We, as a species, have built one large scale dam a day for the last 130 years (on average). Here are some books with awful original titles. I’m not going…
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Well, This Is Certainly One Way to Give Advice
On a blog for the Wall Street Journal (where else?), Emily Oster gives advice based on economic theory. For example: There is a model in economics called the “sS” model. It’s…
“Each One Is A Bloodless War”
It’s always fun to compare your culture’s inexplicably expensive and complicated customs with another’s and realize that nothing makes sense anywhere in the world. For example, at the Billfold, Jia…
Guys Conner Habib Wanted to Fuck in High School
Crackerjack writer, porn actor, and Rumpus contributor Conner Habib has posted the latest in his “Guys I Wanted to Fuck in High School” series. It’s erotic and expansive and poignant,…
Notable New York: 5/20-5/26
Monday 05/20: The Belladonna* Collective’s Hot Texts series continues with readings from Lauren Hunter, Samantha Zighelboim, Allison Power, and Christine Kanownik. The Way Station, 6:30pm, $5 suggested donation. The Poetry…
Notable San Francsco 5/19-5/25
Monday 5/20: Cuban poet Nancy Morejón screens two films of her life and work. Free, 7pm, Emerald Tablet. Tuesday 5/21: Litquake presents Zimbabwean novelist NoViolet Bulawayo discussing her debut, We Need…
Nick Cave Monday #36: “Dead Joe”
Even though we’re in the month of May, we can always use a little bit of Christmas spirit. The Birthday Party, Nick Cave’s pre–Bad Seeds band, gave us a song that…
Weekend Rumpus Roundup
Happy Monday! 🙁 Before you get back to the grind, savor these last bits of the weekend. A comic by Yumi Sakugawa, which she described on Twitter in the following…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Welcome to the week! good news: the world won’t be hit by a giant asteroid at the end of the month. Happy 50th birthday chaos theory! It is very sad…
Your Reader and Your Character Walk Into a Bar…
Do they have a drink together? Are they both fully formed, real people? Does it even matter? The conversation sparked recently by Claire Messud continues in a New Yorker forum, including responses…
The Need for “No”
For an artist, saying no to anything but the art is strength training for the muscle required to say yes to work, yes to creation. At Medium, Kevin Ashton tells…
Science: Still Confusing, Still Important
Some scientific experiments can sound ridiculous, especially to us writerly types—like, for instance, a study measuring mosquitoes’ attraction to limburger cheese. There’s even a fake prize dedicated to mocking such…