Adobe Lives!
Bay Area! Come out and party for Adobe Books this Saturday. The beloved bookstore (and neighbor of Rumpus HQ) is launching a fundraiser and Crowdfunding Campaign to keep its doors open…
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Happy Birthday, DFW!
Happy Birthday, David Foster Wallace! You would have been 51 today. To celebrate the life of one the most brilliant contemporary writers, re-read Funny Women editor Elissa Bassist’s piece “A…
New Radical Youth Library Arrives In The Bronx
“The more you read, the iller you’ll be as an emcee…” –Rodstarz In the Bronx, the Rebel Diaz Arts Collective has turned a former candy factory into the Richie Perez…
Literary Black History Month Resources for Kids
Looking for a literary way to celebrate Black History Month with the kids in your life? Reading Rockets has a wide-ranging list of resources, from children’s book recommendations to writing…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Another day, another study about whether or not dolphins have names. Furthermore, hella new (very old) whales. Let’s all look at LA’s original subway. The Mao Mango Cult of 1968.…
Where Bunny Rabbits Meet Black Flag
Hot tip from Xeni Jardin: the Bay Area Film Society is screening Farmcore tomorrow at New Nothing Cinema in San Francisco. Farmcore is a documentary about the Farm, a San Francisco…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Don’t worry, it is ok to eat Alligator on Lenten Fridays. Disney’s Our Friend the Atom (is neat to look at). The future will be filled with 3D-printing pens and…
Keep Doubt Alive with Essays
If you’re a regular Rumpus reader, you probably like essays. And if you like essays, you’ll probably enjoy this New York Times opinion piece about their literary and social value: Ever…
“How Do We Become More Than What’s Sold to Us?”
I imagined the sour-faced exec watching the video of our conversation and asking the teens why he paid for a bunch of queers to talk about Andy Warhol, and I…
FUNNY WOMEN #94: An Actual Missed Connection
This is a missed connection, and as such I am very sorry that our connection was missed, or maybe I’m not, I don’t know, because I’ve never met you.
What They’re Reading When They’re Not Playing Video Games
Teenagers aren’t exactly renowned for pouring out their feelings to the adults in their lives. “It makes me think that this is why The Catcher in the Rye is a…
A Newer, Cuter Approach to Cover Design
Maybe you can’t judge a book by its cover, but you can sure try. At 22 Words, a six-year-old tries to suss out the plots of classic novels by looking…