Articles by Rhian Sasseen
April 9, 2013
Mad Content 0
Is there a difference between journalism and advertising? Buzzfeed doesn’t seem to think so.
April 9, 2013
The Second Coming 0
“The trick to getting through your twenties intact, it seemed to me, was looking ahead to the narrative I could impose on that decade later in life.” The last book The Rumpus loved? Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
April 3, 2013
The Différance Between Biography and Life 0
“Biography, even those of intellectual figures, assumes a general reader, a reader who does not understand or want to understand the ideas of its subject. The biography of a philosopher magnifies this approach, turning its attention simply to the ‘significant events’ in the life of the philosopher.” Derrida: the impossible biography?
April 3, 2013
I Can Haz Illuminated Manuscripts? 0
Cats and the Internet, cats and the codex: a match made in history.
April 3, 2013
“In 1941, sadness is at its peak” 0
Here’s a novel idea: using literature to map out the emotions of a time period. (1940s? Sad. 1920s? Happy. 2010s? …Don’t ask.)