Weekend Essay Roundup
Happy Labor Day, everyone! We hope you’re able to take it easy today. If you’re planning on knocking around the Rumpus for a bit, check out these fantastic essays we…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It’s Labor Day, so we’re going to take things easy on the site today. You know what are rad? Unions and labor rights.
Vonnegut’s Marriage Contract
In his first marriage, Vonnegut was reduced to making out a contract with his wife to get all the relevant chores done. Those of you who are co-habiting or planning…
Roxane Gay Interview
“I’m a little tired of cynicism. It’s just so easy to be cynical—and there are plenty of reasons to be cynical, and I have my very cynical moments—but in terms…
HURRICANE (FINALLY) ISAAC
AUGUST 30, 2012 The New Orleans streets are a mess with shredded branches and other debris – roof tiles, broken signs, errant gutters – but the city, I think, so…
Have Pen, Will Art-Blog
Well this is just excellent: over at The Nation, artist Steve Brodner live-blogged the Republican National Convention—through illustrations. A sneak preview of what you’ll find, after the jump:
The Writerly Appetite
Did you know Jean-Paul Sartre was obsessed with halva? Or that Emily Dickinson and Virginia Woolf could have indulged a carb overload with one of their homemade loaves of bread?…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Today I’m pretty hypnotized by this US wind map. Long story short, it’s pretty easy to manipulate people into doing the right thing. The Lowline is (still) coming. Illustrating Aesop…
“I owed worse than money”
Chris Colin recounts the saga of an unpaid Craigslist I.O.U., which becomes an obsession that forces him to confront his own non-monetary debts. “I didn’t care about the money. I…
First Read: Chabon’s ‘Telegraph Avenue’
NPR gives us an exclusive first read of Michael Chabon’s new novel Telegraph Avenue. Here’s the first paragraph: “Hello?” Gwen called, letting herself in the front door. A small black…
China Miéville: the future of the novel
Last week, in the keynote speech at the 2012 Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference, China Miéville spoke about the novel’s many possible futures in cultural, political and digital terms – and…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Of course you would like to read Zizek’s thoughts on The Dark Knight Rises (via Saramago and the French Terror). It’s been a while since we’ve linked to anything World’s…