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Weekly Geekery
The government has always been spying on you. Updating the search for immortality. People could judge you for giving bad email. Facebook is not social networking.
The Saturday Rumpus Review of The Martian
It is the story of an astronaut stranded on Mars for about a year, all by himself.
The Rumpus Interview with Tomi Ungerer
Writer and illustrator Tomi Ungerer discusses his exile in Ireland, being a target of censorship, and his work's recent resurgence of popularity in the US.
Ari Messer: The Last Book I Loved, Ablutions
Why is the second person such a natural and addictive tense–perhaps the only honest one–when writing about drug abuse and a foggy recovery? For years, you haven’t been able to…
Sometimes Still
In three different rooms on two coasts, artist Darren Almond is practicing visual alchemy. One thing he does is take long exposures on full moons in ridiculously remote locations. Another…
GENERATION GAP #3: Vickrey After Salinger
Why has the work of Robert Vickrey, one of the last living masters of egg tempera, remained so obscure?