Dear McSweeney’s: Two Letters from Stephen Elliott
I’ve been traveling for two weeks and people prone to the kind of thoughts I’m prone to should never be alone out in the world.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Sari Wilson
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Sari Wilson about her new book Girl Through Glass, the demands of the dance world, and New York City as a character.
Notable NYC: 2/13–2/19
Saturday 2/13: Michael Spears, Joe Gannon, and SJ Rozan join Trumpet Fiction with host Charles Salzberg. KGB, 7 p.m., free. Sandeep Parmar and Cody-Rose Clevidence join the Segue Series. Zinc…
Notable NYC: 2/6–2/12
Saturday 2/6: John Wray and Will Sheff celebrate the launch of The Lost Time Accidents, Wray’s new novel. BookCourt, 6 p.m., free. Liz Howard and Lanny Jordan Jackson join the…
Sound Takes: Keep Talking
There are little easter eggs all over the album that suggest, maybe, the stories Dances are telling aren't quite as simple as they sound.
Notable NYC: 1/30–2/5
Saturday 1/30: Rick Moody talks with Dave Schramm and will play a selection of live music. Little City Books (Hoboken), 8 p.m., $25. Michael Morse, Kristina Bicher, Mary Lou Buschi,…
Notable NYC: 1/23–1/29
Saturday 1/23: Kristina Bicher, Claudia Cortese, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, and Sharon Mesmer join Couplet, a quarterly reading series. The Delancey, 7 p.m., free. Robert Fitterman reads from his latest collection…
The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Chaitali Sen
Swati Khurana talks to the author of The Pathless Sky, a love story centered around place, the state’s authority, statelessness, and geology.
Notable NYC: 1/16–1/22
Saturday 1/16: Olena Jennings, Brooke Obie, and Sachiko Clayton join the Oh, Bernice! reading series. Astoria Bookshop, 7 p.m., free. Shiv Kotecha and James Hoff join the Segue Series. Zinc…
Notable NYC: 1/9–1/15
Saturday 1/9: Erica Baum and Jameson Fitzpatrick join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 1/10: D. Watkins, Erika Anderson, and Mensah Demary join The Hustle series where…
Notable NYC: 1/2–1/8
Monday 1/4: Desiree Bailey and Kristen Gallagher read poetry. Poetry Project, 8 p.m., $8. Wednesday 1/6: Tim Manley, Adepero Oduye, Colin Wilhm, Danielle Kraese, and Donna Goldman join the Catapult…
Notable NYC: 12/19–12/25
Saturday 12/19: Harry Burke and Juliana Huxtable join the Segue series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 12/20: Guillermo Filice Castro, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, Sarah Gambito, and Mark Nowak…