Writing in the Margins
Here’s a different kind of year-end book list: for the New York Times, Sam Anderson looks back at the notes he left in his reading material during 2012. Have you scribbled…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
Ring in the new year with these Rumpus interviews from the weekend! There’s an interview with writer/director Craig Zobel about his movie Compliance, a fictionalized version of real-life series of events in…
Snow Angels
Flavorwire has a collection of photos of authors frolicking in frozen weather. Neil Gaiman’s dog has a weird leash, while Hemingway looks just jaunty as hell.
Man Is Born Free And Everywhere He Is Being Pranked
You probably know Jean-Jacques Rousseau as the Enlightenment-era philosopher whose writings on the concept of the social contract helped ignite the French Revolution. What you may not know is that…
“The Cold Hard Facts of Freezing to Death”
If this holiday season has filled you with a few too many warm fuzzy feelings, you can banish them instantly with this longform piece about freezing to death. Putting the…
War Paint and Purse Pistols
She floated above my desk with a grave, almost murderous look, war paint on her cheeks, blonde braids framing her face, the braids a frolicsome countertone to her intensity. The…
“The Audience Is Performing the Art”
“If this was a blog post I wouldn’t have read it; if this was a video I wouldn’t have watched the whole thing, but because this was a game I…
Holiday Gift Subscriptions!
It’s not too late to purchase a year-long holiday gift subscription to Letters in the Mail or Letters for Kids. The holiday gift subscription will get you or your loved one twelve…
Weekend Rumpus Roundup
If you’re pondering the Christ in Christmas this year, you’ll want to check out the pieces we posted this weekend. First, Donna Johnson interviews Erika Rae. Both are former Evangelicals…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Just a reminder, we’re going to be keeping things low-key over in these parts this week. There will be a handful of original content over the week so be sure…
The Internet As Scarlet Letter
Though the Internet these days isn’t the Wild West it once was, there’s still plenty of vigilante justice going on, from the outing and firing of the man responsible for…
Major Mayan Side-Eye
There are about 7 million Maya living in Mexico and parts of Central America, and they’re pretty done with all this apocalypse hoopla. A wonderfully sardonic Reuters report elaborates: “It’s…