Monthly Archives: October 2013

#motorcyclevagina, new Murakami

#motorcyclevagina, new Murakami, nuclear gypsies What does #motorcyclevagina have to do with the ACLU (And where is John Stewart when we need him)? Nin Andrews does a weekly Monday comic for Best American Poetry. Read the new Murakami story, Samsa... Read More

slavery, sex trafficking, libraries, hope

Watch this space for our newly revamped wompus website, coming soon. Today: Matthew Inman, Craig Steven Wilder, Jodie Gummow, Just Detention International, Henry Louis Gates Jr., and Neil Gaiman (with a special reprise appearance by Sxip Shirey). Matthew Inman on... Read More

desirable procrastinations

Alice Munro wins the Nobel.  “A Small Sotry about the Sky” by Alberto Rios, in Poetry Pairing. Leah Umansky’s LIT: On Dealing With Rejection In Writing, in Luna Luna. When hip deep in alligators it is important to take a moment to straighten... Read More