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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
Don’t be paranoid, all this extra surveillance is great for finding lost civilizations. All I want in the whole world is to get a drink in an underwater volcanic tunnel. 10 years of space photos fro...
The Rumpus Interview with Brian Lindstrom 27 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Brian Lindstrom is a Portland-based documentary filmmaker, whose recent film Alien Boy covers the life and death of James Chasse, a man with schizophrenia who was killed at the hands of Portland polic...
Alas, Poor Transatlantic Review! 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
The Paris Review just celebrated its sixtieth birthday—and not a gray hair in sight! But many game-changing, sterling-quality literary magazines didn’t make it to that ripe old(ish) age. At Flavorwi...
MaddAddam Is Coming 27 Aug 2013 | 03:00 am
If you, like us, are drooling in anticipation for the conclusion to literary empress (and Rumpus interviewee!) Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam trilogy, well, mop up your chin and then check out this mini-...
Junot Díaz Pairs Up with Jaime Hernandez, Heaven and Nature Rejoice 27 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
This Is How You Lose Her, the latest collection of short stories from spectacular writer and all-around good human being Junot Díaz, will be reissued in a deluxe edition in October. That deluxe editi...
McSweeney’s Night of One Hundred Apocalypses 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
Quick! Think of some apocalypses! How many did you think of? For Lucy Corin, the answer is one hundred, and some others. That’s why she named her book One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses. T...
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #196 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
PLANES ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Planes. PIXAR HAS DONE IT AGAIN! If you liked Cars or Cars 2, you’re going to ...
Next Letter for Kids: Michael Reisman 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
The next Letter for Kids, going out Monday, July 15, is from Michael Reisman! Born and raised in New Jersey, Michael worked all kinds of jobs, from dishwasher at a pizzeria to assistant for Tom Hanks...
Nick Cave Monday #50: “As I Sat Sadly By Her Side” 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Earth is a bleak planet and the majority of humanity is selfish, each following the compulsion of their id. All you need to do is look out the window to be disgusted at the theater of the human race....
Weekend Rumpus Roundup 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Monday already? We understand your pain; why don’t you gulp down the rest of your morning cup of Soylent and secure ample room in your gullet for these weekend Rumpus features: Once again, Yumi Saku...
