David Breithaupt

David Breithaupt has written for The Nervous Breakdown, Rumpus, Exquisite Corpse, and others. He has worked as a bibliographic assistant to Allen Ginsberg, a newsstand checker for Rolling Stone, and a staff member to the great Brazenhead Bookstore in New York City. He currently works for two sports newspapers in Columbus, Ohio, covering the Cincinnati Reds and OSU collegiate sports.

The Tough Poetry of Noir: A Conversation with Jonathan Ames

The celebrated detective novelist talks about his new book, the style of noir, and the powers of catharsis....

NOIR

In the Back Kitchen

If you could have lunch with a famous person or a departed loved one, whom would you choose?...

FICTION

FOOD & DRINK

MEMOIR & ESSAY

Poetry in the Time of Melancholia: Rae Armantrout’s “Conjure”

Some years ago, I entered a bookshop in Montmartre to browse the used titles. I struck up a conversation with the proprietor, an older gentleman who seemed very learned. We traded broken English and French for awhile before he directed me ...