Bookémon
Everyone’s favorite animal-slavery-themed video game is getting people to leave their houses. Bookstores aren’t in houses. Therefore, people are buying more books! Hooray! Related Posts: This Week in...
View ArticleThis Week in Indie Bookstores
If you want to work at The Strand, you first have to pass a literature test. But don’t worry, if you’re among the dozens of applicants that fail, you still can play Pokémon. Glad Day Bookshop, the...
View ArticleYour Favorite Pokémon’s Book of Life Advice
Never fear Pokémon GO-ers (and those of you who have managed to avoid the Poké-wave); the pocket monsters aren’t quite done yet—they’re writing a book. More specifically, it’s an “inspirational guide...
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Marlin M. Jenkins
A friend invited me this spring to a poetry reading by Marlin M. Jenkins with this pitch: “It’s poetry about Pokémon,” he urged, “it sounds weird. And cool. We should check it out.” I was skeptical,...
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