All posts by Matt Werner

March 2nd, 2012

The Rumpus Interview with Rafael Casal

Rafael Casal is known in the Bay Area hip hop community from his three appearances on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam and his music video Bay Area Slang, where he rattles off 100 slang terms invented in the Bay Area. …more

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September 14th, 2011

The Rumpus Interview with Oakland Artist Ise Lyfe

The recent controversy between Ise Lyfe and the white Oakland rapper V-Nasty using the N-word in her songs has sparked much debate …more

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September 3rd, 2010

The Rumpus Interview with Chinaka Hodge

The shooting of Oscar Grant showed that Oakland is in serious need of a discussion on race. The poet and playwright Chinaka Hodge provided such a discussion in her groundbreaking play Mirrors in Every Corner …more

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March 30th, 2010

RUMPUS RADIO #1: Interview with K.Flay

Introducing the Rumpus—now in audio!

What is your pun threshold?

Are you ready for a pun battle between K.Flay and the International Pun Champion, Joe Sabia? …more

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Matt Werner interned and volunteered at McSweeney’s Publishing for five years. He currently works as a technical writer at Google. His interviews and DJ mixes can be found at mattswriting.com.

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