“A ‘Fuck You’ to Women Everywhere”
I can imagine complaining along these lines in an editorial meeting at a British publishing house, and being sighed at: “Yes, of course the 1960s cover is beautiful – I love…
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Notable New York: 2/4-2/9
This week in NYC: MONDAY 02/04: Kishi Bashi (K Ishibashi of Jupiter One and Of Montreal) collaborates with performance poet Bian Omni Dillon. Both will perform solo sets and then…
My Kingdom for a Better Burial Site
Richard III, whom Shakespeare portrayed as deformed and murderous, has been dug up not in a cathedral or mausoleum but underneath a parking lot. The BBC reports that after extensive…
Notable San Francisco 2/4-2/9
This week in SF Monday 2/4: SMITH Magazine holds Reboot featuring six storytellers’ Six-Word Memoirs. With comedian Aurora Simcovich, musician Aaron Glass, Wise Sons Deli owner Leo Beckerman , writer Josh…
Weekend Rumpus Roundup
If you skipped the Rumpus this weekend to watch the Super Bowl (who wouldn’t after reading J. Ryan Stradal’s guide for people who don’t know about football?), here’s what you…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
If you haven’t yet, I’d highly encourage you to start your day with Michael Chabon’s essay on Wes Anderson. Perhaps you’d like to see the view from the top of…
Longreads Love
Longreads chose “Sick,” Amy Butcher’s powerful essay on mental illness, as one of their picks this week. Thanks, Longreads, we love you back!
Beth Lisick’s “Tell You What” reading and signing
If you’re going to be in San Francisco February 9th, be sure not to miss “Tell You What” at 3:00-4pm: a reading/variety event made possible by Creativity Explored. Creativity Explored and…
McSweeney’s & The Rumpus Rock AWP
McSweeney’s & The Rumpus Proudly Present: A Night of Readings and Music at 826 Boston! Click Here to Purchase Tickets! Friday, March 8th, 7pm at 826 Boston (3035 Washington St. Roxbury,…
“a flaming Apache helicopter flown by a nude Vladimir Putin”
Kottke linked to our Super Bowl Preview for People Who Don’t Know Football. Thanks, Kottke! We love you back!
Wright’s Anna Karenina: Noble Failure?
Amanda Shubert’s essay “Love in Excess: Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina” takes two of Wright’s film adaptations, Pride and Prejudice (2005) and Atonement (2007), and perceptively compares and contrasts them to Anna…
Radioactive Mongolian Dinosaurs and the People Who Love Them
Here are some subjects with which this (extremely long) New Yorker article concerns itself: