2011
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On Criticism
At The Awl, Maria Bustillos breaks down the back-and-forth between Jonathan Lethem and James Wood over Lethem’s The Fortress of Solitude, interpreting both Wood’s original review and Lethem’s recent response. Ruminating on the possibility of improved communication between authors, readers,…
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Novel Names
Looking forward to giving your manuscript a name at the end of NaNoWriMo? This fill-in-the-blank guide to naming your first novel may help. Create the perfect title for “If Your First Novel Will Be A Busted Romance;” “If Your First…
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Women’s Prisons
The authors of Inside This Place, Not of It: Narratives From Women’s Prisons compare stories gathered for the book with last month’s report by Rashida Manjoo, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women. The bottom line: women in…
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The Lobby: An Interview with Andrew, Part II
Andrew came to visit me at the lobby on a Tuesday, one of his nights off. It was a slow evening at the motel. By the time he arrived, all the guests had checked in, so we were able to…
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Analysis of UCB Chancellor’s Email Response
“Overnight the discussion of Birgeneau’s letter has focused on its willingness to defend beating in the name of non-violence and its fetishization of non-violence as such. In agreement with those points, I’m also interested in Birgeneau’s falsification of the history…
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“The Translators,” a Rumpus Original Poem by Joshua Edwards
THE TRANSLATORS After reading about Caesar And Pompey, we searched Until we found a nearly perfect Antique plate. Speaking
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The November Monthly Rumpus
It’s time to gear up for The November Monthly Rumpus! Join us November 14th, 7pm, at the The Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd Street, San Francisco. Featuring authors Kim Addonizio, Rachel Resnick, Dean Rader, Jillian Lauren, and Chicken John! Plus music…
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Lucky Peach Launch Party in San Francisco
“Issue two of LUCKY PEACH (the new food/writing quarterly from McSweeney’s, David Chang of Momofuku, and writer Peter Meehan) hits newsstands on November 15,” and there’s a launch party at Heart in San Francisco! For $12, you get a copy…
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Smoke In Your Eyes
SMOKE IN YOUR EYES: Whole A heartbreaking and beautiful Rumpus Comic from MariNaomi.
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Man, Wall, Sea
Working with his father, Joshua Edwards has also created an intriguingly masculine book. The collection presents father and son’s perspectives on an American landscape molded and scarred by men.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Whatever you do today, take it to eleven. Does the “smallest electric car in the world” come with airbags? “War Is a Verb” (collages by Allan Kausch). More than you probably ever needed to know about the McRib sandwich.