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The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Lan Samantha Chang
The Rumpus Book Club talks with Lan Samantha Chang about All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost , MFA programs, writers experiencing non-writing periods, and biker bars.
“Now for a cheer they are here, triumphant!”
“The board of elections in Washington D.C. has a new website designed to let soldiers and others vote from overseas. As a test, the board challenged outsiders to try to…
Christopher Forsley: The Last Book I Loved, Blue Movie
Every time I watch a porno—whether it’s Lesbians in the Produce Section or Cheerleader Tryouts with Coach Lester—I start critiquing the plot, the acting, and even the lighting. Why doesn’t,…
Lighthouse Libraries
“In 1876 portable libraries were first introduced in the Light-House Establishment and furnished to all light vessels and inaccessible offshore light stations with a selection of reading materials.” This is…
The Boobs That Came Too Soon: An Account of the Melbourne Writers Festival
In late August the Melbourne Writers Festival cranked up again, celebrating its 25th anniversary. There were ten days of scheduled programming, most events jostled tight into two weekends. The official…
Scott Onak: The Last Book I Loved, Satori in Paris
I didn’t need any books: I was finishing up grad school in Idaho and moving to—well—that wasn’t quite known to me. But here was a building on the Latah County…
To MFA or Not to MFA…
Anelise Chen’s fantastic essay, “On Blowing My Load: Thoughts From Inside the MFA Ponzi Scheme,” still has an amazing conversation raging in its comments section. So, is it better to…
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #31: Alex Behr in Conversation with “Eric Larson”
I met Eric Larson (a pseudonym) in a Bay Area writing workshop around ten years ago. He’s had the most intriguing job of anyone I’ve met in that often-myopic fiction-writing…
Sara Habein: The Last Book I Loved, Midnight Picnic
How our living selves affect the afterlife has been, and will continue to be, a matter of debate. In literature alone, countless stories have explored the stages of death, of…