“the literary apologia”
Novelist John Reed, who wrote an excellent piece for us last year on the politics of narrative, talks with Slant about repentant book critics. The conversation includes some kind word…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Accidental themes… Here are those North American auroras from outer space you asked about. The Space Coast is my favorite photo-essay of the whatever. Another day another new Earth-like planet.…
FUNNY WOMEN #88: Retrospective Open Letters to the Ones Who Got Away
To the men who got away: Hey, let's talk about it now that I have a fresh perspective.
Morning Moments
NPR’s Weekend Edition interviews Mary Oliver, Pulitzer-prize winning poet and author of the recently released collection, A Thousand Mornings. “One thing I do know is that poetry, to be understood, must…
Alcott Rumpus Reading
Kathleen Alcott will be at San Francisco’s Alley Cat Books tonight, reading from her new debut novel, The Dangers of Proximal Alphabets (September’s Rumpus Book Club selection). The event will…
Retelling of Captain Ahab’s Manic Quest
Did Herman Melville hook you? As part of an effort to reintroduce the world, as well as introduce new generations, to Moby Dick, artist Angela Cockayne and writer Philip Hoare have organized…
“The FBI’s antics were a sideshow. The main drama was elsewhere.”
The FBI’s quest to undermine that which it does not understand is nothing new. While Steve Wasserman’s review of Subversives: The FBI’s War on Student Radicals, and Reagan’s Rise to…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Great moments in horrifying ignorance: gay marriage will lead to sentient duck overlords. Of course you would like to know more about Predator X. Baby scorpions are also great. Medieval…
A Sports Novel from Across the Pond
The Millions explores a different series of sports writing in this in-depth essay on “Cricket’s Rich Literary Vein.” Elizabeth Minkel looks specifically at just a couple books but broadly explains…
“necktie popcorn”
Housten Donham, at HTMLGiant, reviews Andrew Choate’s new book Stingray Clapping. While musing on the minimalist and “oddly pleasurable” pieces, Donham also comments on the current poetry scene. As a…
Lawrence Ferlinghetti Poetry Fellowship
The University of San Francisco has established a fellowship in honor of Lawrence Ferlinghetti “who published and supported the work of writers who were outsiders―outside traditional academia or traditional social…
Fundraising Campaign Internship
Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott is raising funds for his next feature film, based on his acclaimed novel Happy Baby, and he needs your help! The Rumpus is seeking applications for a…