2011
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You Mean Garden, Don’t You?
The collection’s last section, “The Two Thousandsies” (dedicated to Rachel Maddow), his “Garden of Eden” reminds us this Professor Emeritus poet has managed to sustain over decades a vision of the profane as sacred, which alone is worth the price…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Let’s talk about old place names yes? Important: Amazon makes terrible spaceships. Related: Soviet space shuttle remains hurray! Ferris wheel based art (and other things). Antiquarian tableware (#2 is particularly amazing).
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How To Write a Book in Two Months: The Rumpus Interview with Cole Stryker
Last spring, I met Cole Strkyer at a party where everyone had a tumblr but me. Just 27 years old, Stryker had recently sold a book about 4chan,
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Workdays Worldwide
This infographic breaks down the workdays of countries in the OECD (Organization for Economic and Co-operation and Development). Distinguishing between paid and unpaid work, the graphic reveals which countries have the shortest and longest average working day according to OECD…
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Stumble Magazine Brings You Weekly Joy
Stumble Magazine’s all about short fiction and photography. Their print publication is published twice a year, which could elicit sad feelings of waiting and prolonged expectancy if the following weren’t true: they’re publishing new content once a week! It’s another…
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Salman’s Story
Certified E.M.T. and former NYPD cadet, Salman went missing after helping save lives on September 11th, ten years ago. Instead of spurring “Missing” fliers, his face was brandished across “Wanted” fliers, urging people to contact the terrorist task force. His…
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The Believer‘s Fall Bounty
This month’s Believer Magazine has got a cornucopia of fall’s literary treats and some are available in full on their website. Here’s a review of Andrew Foster Altschul’s Deus Ex Machina, the Rumpus’ Book Club selection back in December. If…
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Serious questions for Serious Literature
I’m pretty sure that madwomen+ road trips + Armageddon + self vs.nature = me. In its archetypes and generational themes, literature has taught us a lot about ourselves, but often this is evidenced by the reactions that it elicits rather…
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From Texting to Poeticizing
Britain’s 2009 poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, views texting as a “springboard”—not a hindrance—to strong poetry writing, arguing that the poem itself is a form of texting: “It’s a perfecting of a feeling in language – it’s a way of…
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Characters, Too Inspired
Five years ago Lynn Coady published a novel with a protagonist drawn partially from the life of a real, thirty-years-deceased poet, and a experienced firsthand earful from an audience full of the poet’s colleagues and friends. It wasn’t all ugly,…