George Lippard, Online
In his essay “There Is a Head Rolling Over the Platform: The Strange Case of George Lippard’s The Quaker City” Rumpus columnist Nicholas Rombes writes that Lippard’s “best novels churn…
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A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column #37: Snake Bite
In the Book of Job, a capricious, punishing God speaks from behind the obscuring protection of a whirlwind.
VIDA’s “Best American Count”
VIDA has released its “Best American Count,” which examines the gender imbalance found within “the Best American anthologies in poetry, fiction, and essays.” Update: Women who have been included in…
“A Universal Orphan Fantasy”
“Even the happiest child imagines at some point that she actually belongs with the fairies.” Michelle Huneven interviews Leslie Jamison, author of The Gin Closet.
Rumpus Sound Takes: Jay Reatard, Wild Man with a Vision
When Jay Reatard was alive, he got called anything from “possessed” to “total dick.” Looking back on his recorded legacy with the ease awarded by hindsight, I see that he…
My Stupid Dollar, My Beautiful Soul
When reading Space, in Chains, I would command my sister, my mother, my friends: “listen to this poem.” I recited Kasischke’s poetry out loud at the dinner table; I scanned…
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #43: Alana Voth in Conversation with Her Facebook Friend, Terry Gearlds
Terry Gearlds and I have never met. We’re friends on Facebook. We share some stuff in common like True Blood and horror movies. Also, anytime either of us see a…