Glenn Beck, Novelist?
Mother Jones reports that Glenn Beck, to the dread/delight of snarky reviewers across the nation, will add another novel to his oeuvre, this one a dystopian sci-fi thriller called Agenda…
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Belly Ripley and the Weirdest Parole Terms Ever
We’ve all been there. You go to Harvard, then to law school in Colorado. You own property in central Texas. You get caught trafficking drugs, and the court makes you…
David Foster Wallace as Street Art
“Well,” he said. “If Che Guevara means ‘good looking, punky rebellion,’ then I guess David Foster Wallace means ‘good looking, rebellious bookishness.’” Tom Dibblee at Trop tells of his encounter…
Google is a poet. Does it know it?
Started on November 4th 2012, Google Poetics is a tumblr dedicated to unveiling the works coauthored by the world in Google’s search box. For example, when you begin to type “i…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
The phrase “most distant galaxy ever” is a pretty good one. On the biodiversity of belly buttons. I hope you guys have been following this Denver UFO news (because it’s…
Behind the Scenes
“Stepping back I think about how authenticity and growth were at the heart of every conversation I had with The Rumpus’ staff, and how the two are inescapably intertwined.” We’re…
John Lurie Rules
At Sidesplitter, Ben Worcester shines light on John Lurie’s art and his campy yet emblematic ‘90s tv show, Fishing With John, where he interviewed celebrities while casting a line. “Stuff…
Mexican Journalist Death Toll Rising
If you’ve forgotten, over at The New York Review of Books, novelist Alma Guillermoprieto is here to remind you that drug-related violence is still alive and strong in Mexico. She…
Requited love for Brain Pickings
Brain Pickings continues the conversation on Kurt Vonnegut. It all started with the recent publication of We are What We Pretend to Be: The First and Last Works followed by our interview with…
McSweeney’s Saves Thanksgiving
Already overwhelmed by thoughts of Thanksgiving? Want a menu that teeters on the line of conventional and culturally innovative? Look no further than McSweeney’s Thanksgiving Gallimaufry! The online booklet features…
“Who the hell is interested, anyway?”
In 1957, Truman Capote had done it again. Written for The New Yorker, “The Duke in His Domain” dissolved the absolute mystery surrounding Marlon Brando. And of course, it was Capote,…
Film: not just for popcorn anymore
Whether you are obsessed with film and its theoretical and historical aspects, or simply enjoy overhearing a brilliant conversation between two intensely analytical people, boy, have we got a treat…