November 2012
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THE RUMPUS INTERVIEW WITH CORIN TUCKER
Corin Tucker, formerly of Sleater-Kinney and Heavens to Betsy and now the leader of the Corin Tucker Band, has been called “a punk-rock heroine” by Rolling Stone. Judging by her band’s newest record, Kill My Blues, there is no reason…
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FUNNY WOMEN #90: New Ways to Summit Everest
A blind man, Erik Weihenmayer, summited Everest in 2001. But no blues musician named Blind Everest Summiter has ever summited Everest.
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The Art of the Novella Subscription Series
Forget magazines—for a small subscription fee, Melville House will send you two novellas every month in whatever format you prefer. It’s the perfect way to finally get around to reading classics like Gustave Flaubert’s A Simple Heart and Leo Tolstoy’s…
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Sandy Hates Books
Hurricane Sandy hates books, according to the name of a relief fundraiser at the powerHouse arena in Brooklyn this Saturday. Although it seems unwise to anger Sandy any further (and perhaps unfair to expect a meteorological phenomenon to have an…
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“As Much Fun As A Creative Person Can Have”
Kickstarter interviewed our very own Stephen Elliott about Happy Baby, the first feature film from The Rumpus. A preview: This time I’m going to edit the movie myself, with feedback from Kickstarter backers, and take as long as it takes.…
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“The Lost Episodes of Revie Bryson,” by Bryan Furuness
I went to Catholic school, damn it. They guilted me good and thick. In junior high, the young priest who led the boys’ sex ed talk referred to masturbation as “wasting God’s seed.” Even thoughts could be dangerous, as what’s…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Today in the future is now: Brazil plans on cloning endangered species. Are we sending people the moon again? Uh, maybe? Ready the dog space suits. Perhaps someone out there would like to read Faulkner on hockey? Nothing but secret…
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The Literary Community Presents:
Co-sponsored by The Millions, HTMLGIANT, Bomb Magazine, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Gigantic, and The New Inquiry. November 29th, 8pm at Public Assembly, 70 North 6th Street Brooklyn NY 11211 A Kickstarter party for Happy Baby, the first feature film from…
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LET’S MAKE A MOVIE! (Tonight!)
What do porn stars, punk rock self-help gurus, musical legends, comedy, literature, yo-yos, and the movie Argo have in common? The Rumpus, Wholphin, and ZYZZYVA present: LET’S MAKE A MOVIE! The crowd sourcing launch for Happy Baby, the first feature film from The Rumpus! Monday, November 12th.…
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“When My Husband Came Out as a Woman”
Feminist theorist Judith Butler criticizes gender as something culturally constructed while “sex is just as culturally constructed as gender.” According to Butler, the distinction between sex and gender turns out to be no distinction at all. In Anne G. Sabo’s…
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“Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt”
Three years ago yesterday, in honor of Kurt Vonnegut’s birthday, we reprinted Steve Almond’s homage to the late author, “Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt.” “The main thing was that Vonnegut made an impact on readers. He wasn’t one of those recluses who hid…
