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Tune of the Day
Artist: Birds Fled From Me Song: “Staring at the Sea” Bay Area music lovers, Rachel Fannan (formerly Birds Fled From Me) will be performing with Morning Coffee editor Dan Weiss‘s…
Summer Comics
Just in case “a single, immense, thrilling work of literary theory disguised as a reference book” doesn’t sound like the most exciting way to fill up your summer reading list,…
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #2: Deborah Hampton in Conversation with Kellesimone Waits
Kellesimone Waits–on the heels of her new show Venus Fly Trap, sat down with me to discuss political S&M, strippers in doll houses, and the process behind her genius paintings.
Letters to Fictional Characters
To Humbert Humbert of Nabokov’s Lolita: “Hey Humbert, How’s jail? I hope it’s as bad as they make it out to be in those undercover exposes. I mean, I really hope…
The Rumpus Funny Women Interview with Sarah Haskins
Like most women, I am gay for Sarah Haskins. Unlike most women, I got to interview her. Here are some things you should know about Sarah to get the most…
Every Person In New York
Woman at Taco Bell on 14th Street. Man Sleeping on a bench in Madison Square Park, May 30, 2010. He is wearing 3-D Movie Theatre Glasses. Lewis Lapham. Three people…
The Paris Review Goes Southern
It’s “Terry Southern Month” at The Paris Review Daily—the quarterly’s online “culture gazette,” the goal of which is to stay in touch with The Paris Review’s audience between print issues.…
bodies at rest
Sarah Fran Wisby responds to San Francisco’s Sit/Lie proposition criminalizing homelessness. ** I come not to bury the sponsors of the proposed Sit/Lie aka Civil Sidewalks ordinance, but to praise…
Kyle Kinane’s I’m Dead and It’s All My Fault #34
Well, I took too many Xanax, so then I took a bunch of Adderall to right the ship, you know? Might have over-corrected though. I feel like barfing and passing…
Summer Picks From Michael Chabon, Susan Orlean, Jennifer Egan, and More
A new article over at Mother Jones gives us summer nonfiction picks from some of the biggest writers working today. Susan Orlean recommends The Looming Tower, Jennifer Egan selects The…