The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #221: Noah C. Lekas
“Hopefully, the takeaway is the journey.”
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...moreSteve Hughes discusses his debut story collection, STIFF.
...moreJared Pappas-Kelley discusses his forthcoming book, SOLVENT FORM.
...moreAllyson McCabe talks with music journalist, editor, and curator Brandon Stosuy about his path to music journalism, how the industry has changed, and what he’s working on now.
...moreAllyson McCabe talks with Leah Hennessey, a co-creator of the DIY web series Zhe Zhe, about the art of performance in the age of Trump.
...moreAllyson McCabe talks with Matt Sullivan, founder of Light in the Attic Records, about how he’s preserved the label’s commitment to great music while also meeting the demands of a changing, and often challenging, market.
...moreWhen I’m away touring, my clothes are my connection to home, my way of feeling myself.
...moreThis is the hearth. This is the knot. This is home. The woman bent over a sewing machine, the steady hum of the motor, the needle rising and sinking.
...moreEmma Sanders and Alina Pleskova charm us with their affection for each other, DIY ethos, and belief on Poetry Jawns, what matters is the work.
...more“Love,” then is not to be taken lightly here. It is being engaged at full force, megaphonically.
...moreThis compilation of ’90s DIY punk put out by Rock N’ Roll Parasite is the kind of well-curated survey of a time that we hope all comps will be. The bands on the record aren’t the ones you might think were your underground favorites, to the extent that you might find yourself wondering how good they […]
...moreKatey Schultz published her debut collection of stories, Flashes of War, through a university press. Lacking the support of a major publishing house meant Schultz ended up self-financing her book tour. To get started, she spent $12,000 on a publicist, tour manager, and airfare—about forty-percent of her yearly income—she tells The Billfold. But she knew if […]
...moreDuring the first meeting with the man who would become my cookbook editor, I said “I’m not going to write another sweet little book about pie.”
...moreTherese Workman and Tyler Wood talk about growing up in Maine and what it’s like to be DIY in the music industry today.
...moreYou’re a reasonable reader. You like the aesthetics of an old-fashioned paper-and-glue book, but you’re not averse to turning the virtual pages of an e-reader either. If that description sounds like you, here’s a DIY project you might like: making an old book into a Kindle case. (Physical-book purists, do NOT click the link. You […]
...moreRemember when R. Crumb blew our minds and our concept of dedication with his thorough illustration of the Bible? That project sounded physically and emotionally exhausting. Still, he must have started a trend because artist, Matt Kish, is creating an image for every page of the epic novel, Moby Dick. That is true dedication and […]
...moreOur very own film connoisseur, Nick Rombes, reviews Tao Lin and Megan Boyle’s DIY film, Bebe Zeva, which was entirely filmed on a MacBook. The film revolves around a 17 year-old fashion blogger. “…a film like Bebe Zeva is a window not into Zeva or Boyle or Lin or even the mumblecore movement, but rather […]
...moreStill here for you, never you worry. The misfits of modern agribusiness. Design Sponge has some lovely terrariums to show you. 2010 is here, so now we have robot border guards. Landscapes made from tiny things. Evidently we are feeling cute today. (via Gerrycanavan.) So you say you want to know a thing or two […]
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