Beth Roddy

  • Weekend Rumpus Roundup

    First, shaky cultural bridges are strengthened through mourning in Lito Velázquez’s Saturday Essay, “A Taste of Something, Slowly Over Time.” Then, Brandon Hicks offers an illustrated early Valentine’s Day treat: true love and eternal happiness is churned out in the automated romantic…

  • The Sunday Rumpus Essay: I Died of Dysentery

    The Sunday Rumpus Essay: I Died of Dysentery

    The glorious ways we fifth graders died in Mr. Mosher’s computer class. We strove to die in the most imaginable permutations possible.