The Rumpus Interview with Thomas Doyle
When we were young, many of us built shoebox dioramas depicting scenes from a book, or an historical event. Artist Thomas Doyle did too, but whereas most of us abandoned…
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15 Words Officially Banished, Including Tweet, Bromance
Last summer, we had a discussion here at The Rumpus about the worst words ever. Well, it turns out that for the last 35 years, Lake Superior State University has…
Politics Sunday
Is there a connection between immigration (both legal and otherwise) and lower crime rates? Oh, National Review. Sigh. “Sergei Magnitsky was our attorney, and friend, who died under excruciating circumstances…
Julianna Baggott on “the Invisible Prejudice”
“What are the best books? The answer is always subjective, and I’m not a literary arbiter. But the message I received from this year’s lists was painfully familiar. It forced…
The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Greetings, Rumpusers. You might have been relieved to see me go for a bit, but you had to know you couldn’t get rid of me forever. I’m back from a…
The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
I’ve been away for what seems like an eternity, as many of you have been, but here we are, in a new decade, back from the abyss. Here’s some of…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
First thing: Chinese poet Lu Xiaobo has been sentenced to eleven years in prison. There isn’t much people can do, but you can register your opinion on this via the…
Blasphemy in Ireland
The New Year brought more than hangovers and a debate over what we should call it. In Ireland, the new year brought into effect a new law banning blasphemy, which…
Science Saturday
Tasmanian Devils may wind up extinct, and not due to humans driving them out of their habitat. The culprit is a contagious cancer. The British NHS claims sex is good…
Saturday Morning Links
Welcome to the first Saturday of 2010. I hope everyone has recovered from their celebrations. And what better way to ring in the New Year than with completely NSFW pics…
Steve Almond’s Bad Poetry Corner #11: Michael Jordan Chews Gum
(Writing wretched verse so you don’t have to since 1995) Michael Jordan Chews Gum Substantially harder than you or me a clamping motion that knots the muscles of his already…