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Title Parade
“I have trouble with titles. Or more specifically, titles have trouble with me. Or people have trouble liking my titles. I’m not sure.” Rumpus contributor Joshua Mohr, author of Termite…
The Rumpus Book Club, Where I Live #8: Kim Locke
My name is Kim Locke and I live in the suburban commuter metropolis of Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Horn! reviews Citrus County
Rumpus Book Club member Kevin Thomas took us up on our offer to review last month’s book club selection, Citrus County. But he decided to do his review as a…
“Art is Just Absolutely Magic”
You can listen to audio tracks from David Lipsky’s interview with David Foster Wallace, in which DFW talks everything from art being magic to quitting his job as a towel…
The Queen of Flash Fiction
In curt sentences detailing many unsettled lives, Kim Chinquee constructs a mosaic of despair in modern day America. Life is already hard, but attempts at intimacy (what many of the…
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #19: Karen Duffin in Conversation with Laura Stevens
Laura Stevens has great hair. The best hair in the room, 94.3% of the time. It makes me jealous. She is the only non-adopted child of her parents’ six children. …
Morning Coffee
Happy birthday weekend, America. Nestling dinosaurs is the name of the rumpus’ new cuddle-core band. Our Country’s Fishes and How to Know Them. I have no idea what the text…
GENERATION GAP #4: Sexting in the 18th Century
About a year after the breakup, I started keeping a text message journal.
The Millions Tackles Dhalgren
I harp endlessly about my favorite things, one of which is Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany, which I harped about before on the Rumpus. And now The Millions has joined…
Coetzee Caught Smiling
Apparently, the normally stone-faced recluse J.M. Coetzee was caught smiling — if only for a second. I would like to see Coetzee share the podium with Cormac McCarthy one of…