Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Today seems like a day when everyone could use a baby hippo. WWI era infographics. Finland has won the coolest passport contest. Vintage speakeasy cards (are also a neat thing).…
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Happy Birthday, Henry James!
Happy birthday to Henry James! He pioneered modern fiction techniques with novels like The Portrait of a Lady and The Ambassadors—and of course The Turn of the Screw remains an exemplar of the…
Boston Marathon Explosions
There are reports of serious injuries after two explosions detonated at the Boston Marathon finish line. Live updates can be found here. Our thoughts are with the victims and the city…
A Very Non-Accidental Response to Brad Paisley
You may have noticed one or two jokes about Brad Paisley and LL Cool J’s collaboration “Accidental Racist,” partially because of every aspect of the song, but mainly because of…
Notable San Francisco 4/15-4/20
Monday 4/15: Quiet Lightning teams up with the Porchlight Reading series to bring you double the talent to curate a new audience-enthusiasm powered journal. 8pm, Verdi Club, $15. Tuesday 4/16:…
Weekend Rumpus Roundup
Did you enjoy your weekend? Revisit it with a look at our weekend Rumpus features. Didn’t enjoy your weekend? We have just the thing to cheer you up: weekend Rumpus…
Animal Kingdoms
“Before kittens ruled the Internet, puppies reigned in print.” Slate provides an in-depth investigation into the classic dog vs. cat battle through competing media. On one hand, the puppy print…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Welcome to the age of Google Death. The idea of the shadow biosphere is my favorite concept of the day. Hey, so, maybe Soviet balloons saw rain on Venus. It…
DC Comics’ First Transgender Character
DC Comics’ “New 52” gambit, in which they scrapped all their series’ storylines and replaced them with new ones, did away with many of the characters that kept the DC…
The Knife’s new Album Shaking the Habitual
If you haven’t heard The Knife’s new album Shaking the Habitual, we totally recommend giving it a listen. The album experiments with strange organic sounds, sprawling dark ambiance, and playful Swedish…
Making Sense of the MFA Debate
We’re all familiar with the great MFA debate: Can an MFA program teach you how to write? Is it just a Ponzi scheme? Why should you enroll in one, or…
“Talk Dirty and Live Clean”
If reading our interview with Peter Rock (and getting psyched for his reading tomorrow) has whetted your appetite for cult stories, check out this piece on Synanon by George Pendle,…