Emotionally Grammatical
Yuka Igarashi of Granta wrote an introspective piece on the trappings and fussiness of copyediting. The presence of the unedited, the wrongfully edited, and the misspelled can be infuriating to…
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Small Press Love Fest
If you’re in the Bay Area and want to show some love for indie writers, come to the Small Press Love Fest at Alley Cat Books tomorrow! Twelve writers from…
Black Writers, Non-Black Readers
It is technically no longer what Carleen Brice calls “National Buy a Book By A Black Author and Give it to Somebody Not Black Month,” but Black History Month seems…
And in This Corner…The Emancipator!
Previously, we blogged about how Abraham Lincoln grew his trademark beard partly because of a letter from a little girl. As it turns out, that’s not the only surprising biographical…
“I’ll wait while they read it”
There is much more to Truman Capote than just being the man behind Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood. Beyond the slow, warbling flamboyant character that has been portrayed…
Cyber Stalking Really Is That Bad
Caleb Crain over at The Nation digs in deep to James Lasdun’s new memoir, Give Me Everything You Have, the seemingly terrifying story of his “persecution on the internet by a…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
With all this talk about Argo this weekend, so this is probably a good time to link to Jack Kirby’s lost original sketches for the actual thing. Oh hello there,…
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…
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.…