Notable San Francisco: 8/27-9/2
This Week in San Francisco! Monday 8/27: UK-based performance duo Action Hero explores Americana with Stranger in a Strange Land, a piece inspired by the landscapes of this country seen…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
It wasn’t a very essay-heavy weekend here at The Rumpus, but we still published all kinds of good stuff. Check it out: Amy Cheney, who has worked as a librarian…
Notable New York, This Week 8/27-9/2
This week in NYC: MONDAY 8/27: Words by the Water this week showcases Electric Literature, with readings by Katie Bellas, Marie-Helene Bertino, and Fiona Maazel. East River State Park, 7pm,…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It is of course the best possible time to see what E.B. White wrote about the moon landing. Also, here are some space pictures. Underwater secrets are cool too! Oh,…
This is a Link-Heavy Saturday
I had a terribly busy week. One of the things keeping me busy, I’d like to mention, is the excitement over the release of D.T. Max’s Every Love Story Is A…
Sending Vibes Through Squids
BoingBoing documents the research of Backyard Brains, which, as of late, has consisted of monitoring how playing Cyprus Hill affects a squid’s chromatophores. The results look not unlike an iTunes Visualizer:…
On Inspiration
Courtesy of The Story Prize Blog, author Adam Prince gives some helpful advice on the truth behind inspiration: I think inspiration is largely a myth. It’s tied to the myth…
A Die-Hard Fan’s Lament
Rumpus columnist Steve Almond, an unwavering Oakland Raiders fan, writes for The New York Times about being a true sports fan, specifically a fan of a floundering team: “As I prepare to…
Thanks, Feministing!
Feministing gives big love to this week’s must-read essay by Lidia Yuknavitch, “Explicit Violence.” We love you back!
Opening Day For reKiosk
reKiosk is officially up and running! The site functions as a platform for artists to sell their music, books, and any other digital file directly to their fans, as well as being…
A Glimpse Into Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace
The Millions allows readers the opening paragraphs of DT Max’s David Foster Wallace biography: “The Wallaces ate at 5:45 p.m. Afterward, Jim Wallace would read stories to Amy and David.…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Today’s terrifying thing: a bioluminenscent cockroach. Robot sports are the best kind of sports. Fridtjof Nasen, Polar Explorer is this weeks most bad-ass dude. Maybe the universe started with a…