“Things You Should Know About Isaac Fitzgerald”
For the past two, almost three years, the story behind a lot of my writing has been shaped by Isaac. He is the editor behind the writer. Really, Isaac is…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
No, that cloud is not a UFO. The Dutch are going to (try to) put a man on mars in ten years. China has had enough of superstition. Today is…
An Announcement
On May 1st I will be stepping away from the position of managing editor at The Rumpus. I will remain a co-owner and, of course, a member of The Rumpus’s…
“Translation is the art of losses”
It’s probably no surprise that a group of translators would be masters of language. Last week, the new Center for Literary Translation was opened in Trinity, Ireland. The Irish Times interviewed…
Introducing (finally): the Digital Public Library of America
The site is live but DPLA appears to just be the beginning. An idea almost three years in the making, imagined first by the leaders of 42 of America’s top libraries and…
“A best selling caricature”
The stage was set: CUPSI 2013, College National Poetry Slam Finals, Barnard College, April 6th. Rachel Rostad performed her piece “To J.K. Rowling, From Cho Chang,” which addresses the stereotyping…
Notable San Francisco: 4/22-4/27
Monday 4/22: Granta’s SF launch of the best young British novelists issue is tonight. Free, 7pm. Nato Green brings Mort Sahl, a comic who “revolutionized standup by making comedy topical,…
Nick Cave Monday #32: “West Country Girl”
What do you do when you think a girl is hot and you really want to get with her? You write her a song. Nick Cave did that for PJ…
Notable NYC: 4/22-4/28
Monday 04/22: You might have thought, Dustin, I’m glad to be through with your long (for this column) digressions on OBERIU. I’m glad it’s over. You would be a fool.…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Today in nature being gross: the picture-winged fly drinks sperm to quench thirst. More Soviet ads please, thanks. Perhaps you would like to see the view from One World Trade…
Spring Fever! Tonight!
We’re teaming up with KQED Pop and Do415 to present Spring Fever: A Night of Literature, Live Radio, Comedy and Music! Join us at for a feverous night at San Francisco’s Verdi Club on Friday, April…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It’s been a very good week for possibly livable planets. Relatedly, maybe life didn’t even start on Earth at all. Maybe a lot of things. The future (of snowmobile rescuing)…