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Mohr Issues
“My ex-wife once called my writing ‘the lesser of two evils.’ The other evil she was talking about was our sex life.” L Magazine talks to author and Rumpus contributor…
Morning Coffee
The world, it turns out, is pretty weird. This is an article about surfing crocodiles. Combustible ice power. You only have three thirds of a year to prepare for the Cryonic…
Eric Raymond on Why He Should Get A Free Copy of Rick Moody’s The Four Fingers of Death
July 28th marks the return of Rick Moody from another deep space tour of novel writing. Whenever I hear Moody is on track to make it back, I feel a…
“I wanted to really shatter some of the stereotypes…”
Jillian Lauren, author of Some Girls: My Life in a Harem and recent Rumpus Radio guest, talks with Twanna A. Hines over at SMITH mag and submits her own six-word…
“Lyric poetry, after all, was first written for the lyre.”
“He’s been writing in rhyme and meter — which is to say, formal verse — for decades.” Jim Fisher argues that singer/songwriter John Darnielle, of Mountain Goats fame, is a…
Harvey Pekar Tribute #2
View Rumpus artist Lucas Adams‘ tribute to Harvey Pekar, inspired by this comic, after the jump:
Talks with Teachers #1: Mutual Respect
“You have to prove your commitment to the students, but that commitment has to be to making them a better student not to changing them into something you think they…