Dan Weiss’s Moirning Coffee
Hey, so, uh, we may have found a lost continent under the Indian Ocean. Yesterday’s tomorrow today (yesterday)! This drinkable water creating billboard is pretty neat huh? Important news: there…
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Bestsellers, Worst Ethics
Reading bestsellers lists can be baffling. You know the whole world isn’t going to spring for literary fiction or erudite essay collections all the time, but sometimes a book seems…
A McSweeney’s Update
If any Rails Developers out there are looking for part-time (possibility for full-time) work, our friends at McSweeney’s seek help updating and expanding the McSweeney’s iOS App, the Internet Tendency, and their online…
Untangling the Vernacular Web
In 1973, anthropologist Clifford Geertz published The Interpretation of Cultures, in which he discusses the idea of the vernacular web—a mess of interactions affecting how we understand our world. Now, folklorist Robert…
Fight Song Giveaway! (Is now over)
In celebration of yesterday’s interview with Joshua Mohr, we’re giving away three copies of his novel Fight Song, “a call to arms against complacency, a rally towards reclaiming one’s own individuality.” The…
Best of Luck to Ray and Roast Beef
Achewood was the verbal king of webcomics, with endlessly inventive turns of phrase and quotable lines in virtually every strip. Then it petered out and has updated only sporadically for…
Michelle Orange’s NYC Book Launch
Hey Brooklyn friends! Come to the Powerhouse Arena (37 Main Street) this Wednesday, February 27th from 7 – 9 pm for the book launch for Michelle Orange‘s This is Running for…
H.P. Lovecraft and the birth of “Blogging”
Just as H.P. Lovecraft valued the disposition of cats over dogs (see his essay “Cats and Dogs”), he championed the motives of “amateur” writers who wrote for the love of writing…
Notable San Francisco 2/25-3/2
Monday 2/25: Galeria de la Raza’s full moon spoken word monthly LUNADA opens its spring season with John Santos, Israel Matos, & Deuce Eclipse, and open mic host Sandra Garcia Rivera. $5…
Nick Cave Monday #24: “Mack The Knife”
One night in January 1995, you may have been alive and lucky enough to have tuned your TV to “Great Performances” a special featuring the music of Kurt Weill. It…
Weekend Rumpus Roundup
If you were too busy preparing kickass hors d’oeuvres for your Oscars party to read The Rumpus this weekend, we understand, and we’re here to help. Here’s what you missed.…
Notable New York: 02/25-03/03
Monday 02/25: McSweeney’s is celebrating the release their 42nd issue titled “Multiples.” The issue, edited by novelist Adam Thirlwell, takes an experimental approach to translation. New or rare pieces are…