February 2012
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The Rumpus Review of Rampart
If we can take away one thing from history it’s that it often repeats itself. The Kent State massacre in 1970 was one of the first instances where the media shined a light on the corruption of police enforcement.
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Transfer Suspense
The Rumpus is waiting on a server transfer, so we won’t be updating until further notice. This gives everyone a chance to catch up on the many excellent pieces from the last few days.
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The Rumpus Reads for 826 Chicago! (Tomorrow!)
We are excited to to present an AWP offsite spectacular/fundraiser: The Rumpus Reads for 826 Chicago. Featuring readings by Cheryl Strayed (yes indeed, Sugar will be in the house!), Peter Orner, Sommer Browning, Brian Spears and Stephen Elliott! Stand-up from…
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“In the Pink,” a Rumpus Original Poem by Maureen Thorson
In the Pink I walk the beach by the Tickle Inn and I know that breakups suck.
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Thumbs In, Fingers Splayed
Throughout the collection, the speaker in these poems is constantly aware of this contradiction, the intersection between life and art, perhaps frighteningly so, seeking solace in “these few things left,” trying to reconcile, like any reasonable artist, the internal with…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Clearly birds are the greatest copyright violators of them all. Here’s that 1970s Japanese children’s space book you requested. All the antique machinery engravings one could hope for. There are reasons it is a bad idea to fly over Antarctica.…
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SELF-MADE MAN #2: Old Stories
Look, it’s an old story, masculinity; usually discussed in terms of brutality and honor, power and powerlessness, and occasionally a highlighting of the tender underbelly that rises up no matter how much you try to push it down, like a…
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The 2011 VIDA Count
VIDA has once again released their count, where they look at prominent magazines and identify the gender breakdown of writers, reviewers, and books reviewed. Once again, the numbers are revealing.
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The Rumpus Interview with Sóley Stefánsdóttir
Icelandic singer-songwriter Sóley Stefánsdóttir has released her first full-length record, We Sink (Morr). This comes after Stefánsdóttir’s debut EP, Theater Island.
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Alberto Barrera Tyszka’s The Sickness
Alberto Barrera Tyszka writes powerfully affecting prose and is unlikely to pull any punches, either by design or accident, as he escorts his reader through the nightmare emotional and physical landscapes inhabited by very sick people and the people who…