2010

A Special Message From
Steve Almond:

Dear Readers, Citizens, Freaks, Like a lot of you, I’ve been frustrated the last two years. Despite winning the presidency and overwhelming majorities in both houses of congress, Democrats have…

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Music

“Hey, wat pomp! Did I say that right?”

Mother Jones has a two part interview (part 1, part 2) with everyone’s favorite South African hip-hop crew, Die Antwoord.

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Features & Reviews

Is Booker the Best?

From its diverse judges to its widespread influence, Laura Miller explains why she thinks the Man Booker Prize is the best literary award out there.

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All Thumbs: Roger Ebert and the Decline of Film Criticism

I hate Roger Ebert. This may not be the most tactful time to say so, what with his genuinely brave fight against cancer, his inspiring display of spirit and endurance,…

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Features & Reviews

Behind the Interview

Sari Botton shares the background story behind her interview with our founding editor, Stephen Elliott.

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Video

Pennygun

If you’re a member of The Rumpus Book Club then you know about Pennyguns, the weapon of choice for Gurion ben-Judah Maccabee, main character in Adam Levin’s The Instructions. In…

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Tonight in San Francisco at Ritual Coffee (1026 Valencia Street) Rumpus contributors Ian Huebert, Jesse Nathan, and Matthew Zapruder will be showing off their many talents (those being, mainly, poetry…

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Snuffbox Village

Illustrations by Nika Goltz (Ника Гольц) for a 1961 edition of Prince Odoevsky’s “Town in a Snuffbox”

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Maggot

Watching Paul Muldoon’s sentences course across the forms he has set for himself is like watching an elite athlete being put through his paces.

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Book Club Blog

Rumpus Book Club Round-Up: Breaking Up and Getting Back Together

The Rumpus got busy reviewing its own book club picks this week, with Kevin Thomas’s comic review of Lan Samantha Chang‘s All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost and book club…

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Morning Coffee

Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee

Keeping it simple and rad today. LAZERS! Pleasure Gardens! THESE TOADS ARE CANNIBALS, DUDES!!!! This is pretty much the best street art I’ve seen recently. (!) File under: Tiny things,…

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Wes on Wes

Our good friend John Wesley Harding interviews our good friend Wesley Stace over at LargeHeartedBoy. (Pssst! They’re both the same person!)

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A Special Message From
Steve Almond:

“Hey, wat pomp! Did I say that right?”

Is Booker the Best?

All Thumbs: Roger Ebert and the Decline of Film Criticism

Behind the Interview

Pennygun

Bay Area

Snuffbox Village

Maggot

Rumpus Book Club Round-Up: Breaking Up and Getting Back Together

Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee

Wes on Wes

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