But is he handsome enough?
Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott and James Franco share space in the New York Observer. Related, Perez Hilton calls Stephen Elliott “mildly insane.”
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The Last Book I Loved: Mating
Dealing in questions rather than answers, Mating has a way of making things seem possible for both its characters and its readers—intellectual love included.
The Last Poem I Loved: “Vince Neil Meets Josh in a Chinese Restaurant in Malibu (After Ezra Pound)” by Josh Bell
Turns out, Josh Bell wrote a poem about me. In the poem, I’m eating in a Chinese restaurant when Vince Neil walks in, and my name is “Josh” (it’s cool).…
Double the Franzen, Double the Fun
There are two (two!) Rumpus comics today that have to do with Jonathan Franzen: 1. Kevin Thomas’s awesome “HORN! Reviews” takes on Freedom. 2. Evil Wylie, aka, Andrew Shaffer, tackles…
Nicole Walker in Rumpus Original Poems
We have a surprise for you at the end of Sean Singer’s review of Nicole Walker’s This Noisy Egg, a link to a new poem from Walker. It’s called “Call…
“Call the Clock,” a Rumpus Original Poem by Nicole Walker
Call the Clock I was a little envious. I’d only ever had one and he— cat o’ hearts—he had nine. He traded them in every time they got broken.
When I Go Outdoors, Light Splits
The poems in This Noisy Egg are always engaging and hold the reader’s attention, but they do not feel un-tethered or dangerous. Reading them, I had the sensation that there…
French Kissing the Soft Machine
All images from Le Livre de Sante by Joseph Handler (Monte Carlo: Andre Sauret, 1967):