The Atlantic
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The Atlantic Summer Fiction Issue is OUT
The esteemed Atlantic Summer Fiction Issue 2011 has been parceled out in installments for a little while now, but now you can finally enjoy the issue in its entirety. Today, all of the stories are available to read right here.…
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“Would I Had Phrases That Are Not Known”
Disillusioned by the task of writing truly original? John Barths writes on the difficult task to write something new and distinctly untold, which is apparently one that is perpetually and historically daunting. “Originality, after all, includes not only saying something…
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Independent Astronauts
Atlantis just returned from its last mission and here we are with our feet firmly on the ground. But surely there is an alternative to NASA. For inspiration into space travel here on earth experience the short film Life as…
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Aggregators Always Win
Netflix, the largest video service in the world, has its own kind of customer loyalty that no other company is close to matching. It’s not only upsetting to the small neighborhood video stores, but to big companies like Apple, who…
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How Does He Do It?
Being overwhelmed by the myriad distractions and endless information floating around the universe can feel a personal struggle. How come it seems like everybody else can deal with it so calmly? This is how Gay Talese, one of the most…
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Site for Cities
A new destination awaits the city dwellers, lovers, and planners among us. Yesterday The Atlantic announced its plans to launch The Atlantic Cities in September. The imminent site will be “dedicated to the global cities and neighborhoods where we live,…
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Beautiful Sounds and Lyrics to Match
Check these first drafts, artfully constructed by The Mountain Goats’ front man, John Darnielle. He relays to the Atlantic, the challenges and the emotionally fraught state from which his music was created. He describes song-writing as a sort of deception,…
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Creating Jobs
The Atlantic discusses job creation in both words and graphs. Derek Thompson breaks down the problem, explains where the jobs are hiding and tells us how we can grow, economically. “Finally, there is the innovation conundrum. Calling for more innovation…
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The Rumpus Interview with Téa Obreht
Téa Obreht, the youngest of the New Yorker’s “20 Under 40”, talks with the Rumpus about her grandfather, her debut novel, and her students.
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Happy Sunday! I’m in upstate New York at my sister’s college graduation. She’s really smart, like Phi Beta Kappa smart. However, she’s insisting that I play drinking games with her, which I haven’t done for like ten years, so posts…
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Saturday Morning Links
Happy Halloween! Don’t get arrested for going trick-or-treating dressed as Doctor Manhattan from Watchmen. It may be too late to order this as a last-minute Halloween costume, but I’m sure Rumpusers could find something interesting to do with glow-in-the-dark underwear.…
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How Not to Be Boring
Tim O’Brien has a really brilliant article in The Atlantic in which he argues that the biggest problem with “unsuccessful stories” is, to put it quite simply, that “they are boring.” I couldn’t agree more. O’Brien worries about the focus…