I guess you can thank HarperCollins for getting Sarah Palin to quit her job as governor of Alaska Brooklyn Rail wrote about bloggers getting book deals, and The Rumpus continues the conversation. I think the title “James Wolcott on Cultural Snobbery” say it all. The guy who did Super Size Me is directing an episode examining The Simpsons cultural impact on the world called (according to Comedy Central) The Simpson’s 20th Anniversary Special In 3-D on Ice. Brilliant. As if […]
Bites: Michael Gira, Douglas Rushkoff, Sharon Van Etten, Vampire lit
I Am Not Insane – 20 Drawings by Michael Gira is exactly that, twenty drawings by former Swans current Angels of Light mastermind Michael Gira. Out on his record label Young God Records (cover pictured above) Douglas Rushkoff discusses Iran and Twitter on The Daily Beast The Rumpus asks “Why are possessives so popular in novel titles?“ Salon said: “Buffy fans: read this”, and I did read their piece on Vampire lit, and I can say as a Buffy fan […]
Bites: Bukowski, the death of print, Julia Wertz, WFMU
The Rumpus has published a previously unpublished forward by Charles Bukowski. Speaking of poetry, if you’ve published some, you can apply to live in Robert Frost’s farmhouse for two months next summer, and hope for osmosis. Is everyone reading Little Dorrit right now? Ann Kirschner of The Chronicle Review uses multiple text formats (four of them, actually). WP Book World’s Short Stack notes the connection between Dickens scoundrel Mr. Merdle to our 21st-century’s Mr. Madoff. Is print news really dying, […]