Posts Tagged: ballard

The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Twenty-Three Pieces of the Sunset Bowl

By

[A]ll over town, pits in the ground stayed pits in the ground. Those cavities were my consolation. For the moment, we were all in the hole.

...more

Morning Coffee

By

Mysterious Russian Ice Rings! An annotated first sentence of William Gass’ “On Being Blue.” As a life long ornithophobiac people tend to think I’m irrational. How then do you explain this MAN HUNTING EAGLE? Jonathan Lethem on Ballard. This is a very literary Morning Coffee today. Incredible pictures of old mental institutions.

...more

The Rumpus in your inbox!

* indicates required