What Is There To Say?
A lot of people are good at quick reactions to the kind of day we had yesterday. I’m not. I mean, of course, I had the usual thoughts. Ban the…
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Happy Birthday, Amy Hempel
Today is the brilliant Amy Hempel’s birthday! Check out this interview with her on Café Americain, where she praises Rumpus pals Steve Almond and Sheila Heti, and for means of…
A Virtual Tour of Austin Publishing
The Austin Chronicle has a nice roundup of the Austin publishing scene, from speculative-fiction journal Unstuck to a small press run by an ex-military spoken-word poet, to A Strange Object, the phoenix currently…
That Very Special Reason
Eric G. Wilson has given up on the many possible higher education-approved, poet-referencing justifications for devoting your time to literary study. He will simply tell you, “Poetry makes you weird.”…
The Strange Power of Suttree
There’s this deeply cool new magazine about literature and rock music called Radio Silence, which we reviewed back in June, and they recently posted an essay titled “The Bottom” that will…
Elementary School Shooting
Our thoughts are with the victims of the mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. There are no words.
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
The best typos, mistakes, and corrections of 2012. We’ve entered the time of year where it’s increasingly impossible not to link to year-end lists… It’s pretty cool to re-discover a…
Thomas Page McBee on Words and Writing
The Dictionary Project interviews Thomas Page McBee about language, the definitions of words, and of course, his Self-Made Man column here on The Rumpus. A tiny preview: For The Rumpus,…
Crunching the Numbers in My Ideal Bookshelf
What do Stephen Merritt, Hilton Als, and Tony Hawk have in common? According to Fred Benenson’s data, nothing—not even the books on their shelves. Benenson’s “girlfriend/lady partner” Thessaly La Force…
“Wayne Coyne’s Human Head-Shaped Tumor” Listening Party (Saturday)
Hey Bay Area friends, on December 15th our pal Richard Parks will be hosting a listening party for his radio show in San Francisco. If you missed last month’s broadcasting on…
Anti-Hipster sentiments rising in Berlin
According to a recent article in The L Magazine, anti-hipster and tourist sentiments seem to be growing in Berlin. The article suggests an upsurge of abuse has been directed towards…