where the wild things are

  • The Sunday Rumpus Essay: The Year of Light and Dark

    The Sunday Rumpus Essay: The Year of Light and Dark

    It isn’t much of a contest to say that Julie Coyne is the single most inspirational human being I have ever met. And I am here—in Xela—in part because I could use a little inspiration.

  • Wild Things

    Wild Things

    Statistics make us feel safe, but most of the time, they can’t predict what’s really going to happen in our life. We believe in them anyway, though.

  • Sound & Vision: Hannah Haugberg

    Sound & Vision: Hannah Haugberg

    Painter and letterer Hannah Haugberg discusses the art of designing custom guitar pedals.

  • The Wild Thing With People Feet Was My Favorite

    The one with people feet, I thought, had once been human, but had changed. He grew wild. Everyone grew wild at times…

  • Halloween Costumes for Book Nerds

    Need a last-minute, low-hassle outfit for trick-or-treating? This list of literary Halloween costumes (with pictures, natch) has some great ideas—just grab a “Hello, My Name Is” sticker and write “Ishmael,” and you’re good to go. There are also some fantastic examples…

  • Morning Coffee

    In Sweden, official’s have decided to start rounding up bunny rabbits and burning them for bio-fuel. Looks like SOMEONE’S got a case of the Mondays! “The placebo effect is not only real; its ability to deaden pain has been pinpointed…

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    Wild Things Take NY, The Spike Jonze Special

    In conjunction with the national release of Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are, 10/16/09, the first feature film Jonze has directed since Adaptation (2002!), there are a lot of Wild Things happenings around New York. (Also, his company Girl…