Notable NY: 4/8-4/14
Monday 04/08: Monday Night Poetry features award-winning poet Major Jackson and author of the great What Is Amazing, Heather Christle. KGB Bar, 7pm, free. The Franklin Park Reading Series welcomes…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Happy Monday, here is a baby bat. It is our duty, as Americans, to lasso an asteroid and park it near the moon. Elsewhere in the (occasionally dystopian) future being…
Don’t Forget the “T”
Politicians have been coming out in droves recently in support of LGBT rights. But is the “T” in LGBT being fully represented? The New Yorker’s Emily Greenhouse doesn’t think so. In her…
An Ode to Roger Ebert
The New Yorker pays tribute to Roger Ebert in “Postscript: Roger Ebert, 1942-2013.” The article states: Ebert writes, in the introduction to his 2006 anthology of his work, “Awake in the…
The Dark Heart of College Sports
Here is an actual thing said by an actual sports marketing executive to a group of commissioners trying to reform college sports: “You sold your souls, and you’re going to…
The Paperback Makeover
“Why are they still bothering with paperbacks?” This came from a coffee-shop acquaintance when he heard my book was soon to come out in paperback, nine months after its hardcover…
Ultrarunning, Ultrawriting
The relationship between writing and running has a long history, so perhaps it’s not surprising to see a cluster of longreads having to do with ultrarunning. One is this New York…
Drake’s East African Girl
Previously, we linked to a Feminist Wire post about being a black fan of a white musician who has said racist things. They have another great post up about race…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
I know this isn’t normally the place for these sorts of things, but I just can’t stop thinking about Roger Ebert. Elsewhere: clearly what robots are best for is finding…
Production Assistants Needed for Happy Baby!
Have you ever wanted to work on a movie set? Do you live in New York City and have some time to spare? The Rumpus is looking for a few…
Happy Birthday, Marguerite!
Two Marguerites share this day as their birthday. Marguerite Duras, who said, “When the past is recaptured by the imagination, breath is put back into life,” was born today in 1914. Also…
Seeking Music Nerds!
Are you a true music nerd who wants to help out with team Rumpus Music? Then we’d like to hear from you! We’re seeking rad aspiring music writers to help transcribe interviews,…