It may have been inevitable, but the news hit hard: yesterday, in a short, direct statement, Gawker.com—flagship of the Gawker Media empire—announced that it’s shutting down next week. The announcement comes… Read more »

The Rumpus is on top of the confessional nonfiction beat, from Sari Botton’s “Writers Who Are Braver Than Me” interview series to the book club’s conversation with Emily Rapp. Martha… Read more »

We write a lot about Amazon on this blog. We, collectively, work hard to keep news of that grinning retail behemoth, that gyre of shit and discount tennis socks, before… Read more »