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  • Notable San Francisco

Notable San Francisco: 6/13–6/19

  • Chuy Haugen Mendeola
  • June 13, 2018
Literary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
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A Visual Guide for “How to Be Perfect”

  • Charley Locke
  • January 8, 2016
Count among your true friends people of various stations of life. Do not exclaim, “Isn’t technology wonderful!” Learn how to whistle at earsplitting volume. Still hunting for a good New…
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Seriously Serious

  • Bryan Washington
  • September 1, 2014
Over at the Paris Review, Jason Novak has taken up the pen again; this time, he’s turned to authors and their eccentricities. Among his observations: “Somewhere Hemingway is sitting quietly…
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Passwords, Past and Present

  • The Rumpus
  • April 23, 2014
Has Heartbleed got you stressed over your online security? Take comfort knowing that humans have been searching for the elusive perfect password for centuries—over at The Morning News, Mike Duncan…
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Happy Birthday Mr. President?

  • Ashley Perez
  • February 17, 2014
We think not! George Washington’s birthday is actually on February 22nd but thanks to some decisions by the people in charge, we will probably never celebrate the man’s actual birthday…
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A Helpful Guide to Writing Children’s Books

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • December 26, 2013
If it’s always been your secret ambition to write a children’s picture book, Buzzfeed Books can help you get started with this handy-dandy thirteen-step guide, illustrated by the Rumpus’s own Jason Novak (with a…
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Jason Novak Draws Monkeys for Esquire

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • October 21, 2013
Sending a monkey into space, as Iran will do later this month, is only one of many bad ideas involving monkeys and technology. Luckily, our very own Jason Novak has an…
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Jason Novak in the New Yorker, Y’all!

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • August 8, 2013
Our beloved illustrator Jason Novak collaborated with Mike Duncan for a New Yorker piece about performance enhancement in baseball. You see, if we ban steroids because they’re unnatural, it only makes…
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The Rumpus Interview with Jason Polan, Part II

  • Jason Novak
  • May 31, 2013
Artist Jason Polan talks about drawing in dreams and on wet windows, black-and-white rainbows, and the largest thing he's ever made.
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Memorial Day, 2013

  • Jason Novak
  • May 27, 2013
Happy Memorial Day! To start the holiday off right, an illustration from Rumpus illustrator-in-chief Jason Novak:
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The Rumpus Interview with Jason Polan, Part I

  • Jason Novak
  • May 24, 2013
An illustrated look at the life and times of Jason Polan, the artist behind Michelle Tea's newest book, Mermaid in Chelsea Creek.
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“Ooh! A Pencil App!”

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • April 1, 2013
“I’m bored. New window!” Treasured Rumpus illustrator Jason Novak illustrates the secret lives of web journalists over on the Paris Review‘s blog. Bloggers, you might want to shield your eyes. It…
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