The Rumpus Interview with Steph Cha
Steph Cha talks about her new novel, Beware Beware, writing compelling and complex Korean American characters, and what reading a book has in common with a level in a video game. ...more
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Word of the Day: Venatic
(adj.); of or relating to hunting; fond of hunting, whether for sport or livelihood; from the Latin venari (“to hunt”)
“Love her or hate her, Banksy is putting herself at the intersection of the street and the art world. Why would anyone expect that position to be occupied by a man?”
—Kriston Capps, “Why Banksy is (probably) a woman”
The modern-day human need not take to the wild and hunt for daily sustenance.
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The Rumpus Interview with Sean Michaels
The Rumpus talks to Sean Michaels about his new book, Us Conductors, challenging a reader’s empathy, and a true, strange musical instrument: the theremin. ...more
Tweet to Death
Check out Rumpus contributor Elliott Holt’s Brooklyn Twitter mystery.
You have until the end of today to help decide if the death in question was a “#suicide, #homicide, or an #accident?”
...moreIn a World Without Taboos (We’d Just Be Jerking Off)
“When, they ask, are things going to get dirty again?
“If you want an answer to that question, ladies and gentlemen, let me propose one. In 2010, the only sex that’s truly dangerous and unbounded is solitary.”
In response to Granta’s latest Sex Issue, Guardian UK takes a provocative, one-handed stance.
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