A Postcard from David Foster Wallace
In the current age of Twitter and Facebook, some authors seem just one click away–a kind of celebrity that is still accessible to the common fan. Frank Cassese tells a…
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One of Those Domino Effect Discoveries
HTMLGIANT linked to Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading (you should subscribe for some free weekly fiction!), which featured an excerpt from Sam Pink’s imminent novel, Rontel. HTML featured a smaller lick of it,…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Another day another planet maybe hosting life. Afronauts is my favorite thing I’ve seen today. “ElectroPunk Pre-Dadaist illuminated signs.” This early 20th century anti-women’s suffrage children’s book is kind of…
“Some Case Studies in Failure”
“X—well, X is just failing. At taking vitamins. At fully committing himself to the idea of dental hygiene. At opening beer bottles and wine bottles and most bottles made of…
Amazon.com Doesn’t Care about Sandy
“You’d think a company like Amazon would want to do everything it can to help out — for the good PR, if nothing else. Nope.” Occupy Sandy has started an…
Debut of Hang Glider and Mud Mask
Bay Area: Come out to McSweeney’s all-ages book launch party for Brian McMullen and Jason Jagel’s first picture book, Hang Glider and Mud Mask. The event will be held on…
Magic Relic City
“Maybe I don’t need to be worried, he said. You’re too weird for anyone but me to want.” An excerpt from Rumpus contributor Jennine Capó Crucet latest novel, Magic Relic…
Defiance: A Literary Benefit to Rebuild Red Hook
Red Hook, Brooklyn has suffered the worst of Sandy. Many homes are still without gas, water or power. It’s quite apocalyptic out there, and many have been displaced and are still…
“Whither Feminism?”
At the Los Angeles Review of Books, Jack Halberston discusses the new wave of feminism crashing down upon the 21st century. While introducing his new book, Gaga Feminism: Sex, Gender and the End…
The 51st State?
What if Puerto Rico becomes a state? What if our flag looks like this? What if we have to change that “fifty nifty United States” song to “fifty-one nifty, fun…
Hot Jazz, No Cash
Online library Internet Archive has a free collection of jazz tracks from the ’20s. What hepcat among us doesn’t remember doing the Charleston to such classics as “dardan2.ogg,” “pretgirl.ogg,” or…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Don’t worry, the astronauts got to vote too. Great terrifying new dinosaur news you guys! On Space Time Foam is your most fun art installation of the week. The (bionic)…