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Last Book I Loved: Thieves I’ve Known
Thomas H. McNeely explains why Tom Kealey’s THIEVES I’VE KNOWN is the last book he loved.
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The Rumpus At SF Lit Crawl!
Tomorrow Night! The Rumpus proudly presents: For We Have Fallen to Our Knees! The Rumpus is excited to participate in the San Francisco Lit Crawl! Come see readings by: Lucy Corin, Saeed Jones, Mac McClelland, and Brian McMullen! There will also…
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AT THE (HORROR) MOVIES
When I watch Psycho, for instance, the shock of Janet Leigh’s character being murdered is lost on me because all I can think about is what I’d be doing if I were in that shower stall, to wit: Grabbing the…
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Make it a Ted Wilson Halloween
Not available in any store is the year’s most exciting costume: the Ted Wilson! Take this mask, pair it with a sweater, dress shirt, and khakis, and you’ll be the world’s premiere reviewer of the world. (Not really. You’ll still…
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Alexandra’s Art!
Come to the Antai Gallery to see statuettes and drawings from Rumpus artist, Alexandra Lakin. The opening reception is October 19th, 6-8 pm at the Antai Gallery, Scoops, 712 N. Heliotrope Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90029. Before the reception, you…
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Next Letter For Kids: Michael Reisman
We’re sending our next Letter For Kids from Michael Reisman! Michael is the author of the Simon Bloom Series, which follows the story of the title character who finds a book that lets him control the laws of physics. Simon…
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The Rumpus Review of The Institute – a documentary about Jejune
The Institute is a new documentary film about the Jejune Institute, one of the most fascinating, disorienting, and exciting experiences to emerge out of the Bay Area in the last several years.
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Our Future Depends On Reading!
“Well-meaning adults can easily destroy a child’s love of reading: stop them reading what they enjoy, or give them worthy-but-dull books that you like, the 21st-century equivalents of Victorian “improving” literature. You’ll wind up with a generation convinced that reading…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
I sure do like Tokujin Yoshioka’s new installation. Buzz Aldrin has a (space) dream. What did NYC sound like in the 20s (it makes me so happy, the things people take the time to do). The lost art of the…
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On Realizing You’re Not White
The paint was several layers thick, each new message or drawing layered on a chaotic background of the preceding scrawl….“It’s the chink hate wall,” he said. Kevin did not consider my Chinese ethnicity when he said this. For Maisonneuve, Kimberley Fu…
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The 215 Festival Kicks Off!
The 215 Festival, Philadelphia’s premier literary festival kicks off tomorrow, October 18 through Sunday, October 20th. Each day is in a different area of the city. Musician/novelist Wesley Stace, the subject of one of Rick Moody’s recent Swinging Modern Sounds columns, reads…
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National Book Award Finalists Announced
Here is the complete list of finalists for the National Book Award in the fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and young adult categories. The finalists include Rumpus interviewee Rachel Kushner and Rumpus book club participant George Saunders—plus one of the judges in the young adult category…