Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
So you want to be an hivernaut. I’m sorry you guys but here are some baby hedgehogs. LASERS!!! You should not call 911 to tell them about your dreams. The…
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Checking the Box
Rumpus Funny Women editor Elissa Bassist writes for NY Mag about her experience with sexual violence, and the difficulty of finding language — as an individual and as a culture…
Books Editor to Speak at OMCA!
Rumpus books editor Rebekah Otto will partake in Oakland Museum’s In-the-Mix series, speaking on the women’s movement and its relevance today. If you’re in the Bay Area, check out the…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Mid-century political prisoner’s last letter to her daughter. 19th Century professional mourners. 18th Century brains. 50,000 year old genomes. Jurassic era previously unknown pterosaurs.
Have Pen, Will Art-Blog Redux
Steve Brodner is back! Lest you accuse us of being politically biased, here he is live-blogging the Democratic National Convention for The Nation. Get ready for more hand-drawn satire, after…
To Give A Girl Her Voice Back
“I lose faith daily. Still. I don’t ever have “writer’s block” (I’m not ever sure I believe in it), but I do let writing go all the time. I now…
Susan Straight in San Francisco
Next week, Susan Straight’s latest novel, Between Heaven and Here, will be released by McSweeney’s. This week, you can catch the California native at the following two San Francisco events.…
Thanks, MetaFilter
MetaFilter links to our Sunday essay by Martha Bayne, Knocked Over: On Biology, Magical Thinking and Choice. We love you back!
Sullivan on the Slowest Reader
Over at The Daily Beast, Andrew Sullivan gives love to Benjamin Percy’s essay on the merits of slow reading. Thanks, Andrew. We love you back!
Thomas Allen’s Beautiful Evidence
Thomas Allen, an artist who spent his summers “devoted to paging through (and tearing pages from) old science books, encyclopedias and primary readers” in the name of art, has an…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Hey dudes, want to pour some lava on some ice? In the (near) future you won’t have to touch anything. Sometimes it is important to read one star reviews of…
Notable San Francisco: 9/3-9/9
This week in San Francisco! Happy September Monday 9/3: Quiet Lightning takes it outside with a potluck picnic and reading at the Conservatory of Flowers in GG Park, featuring music…