The Rumpus Interview with Rachel Urquhart
Writer Rachel Urquhart discusses her novel The Visionist, the complex nature of Shaker society, the use of restraint when writing about violence, and what it means to "write like a man."
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“Yes. Of course. But yet. Anyway.”
Harper’s Magazine interviews Leslie Jamison about her debut, home-run collection of essays, The Empathy Exams: Essays. On the complications (and yet! necessity) of empathy, Jamison writes: So there’s a lot of danger attached…
The Treasures in Union Square
If you are among those who fantasize about secret messages in the public world—love letters in Burger King wrappers and Narnia entrances in gym lockers—then geocaching, or at least an…
FUNNY WOMEN #114: M.A.S.H for Adults
Since you already live in a shack, scratch out “S.” It would be nice to move on to bigger, or at least better, things. But also scratch out “M” -- you’re an adult now, and it’s time to adjust your expectations.
The New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium: Interview with Nick Bertozzi
The New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium is a weekly forum for discussing the tradition and future of text/image work. Open to the public, it meets Tuesday nights from 7-9…
Book of Wikipedia
Some Wikipedia fans in Germany are aiming to change the way the online, editable encyclopedia is read. The group known as PediaPress is trying to raise $50,000 to turn the…
National Poetry Month Day 1: “To Sell Sweetie” by Barbara Jane Reyes
Every year, for National Poetry Month, the Rumpus presents a poem-a-day for the month of April. Today's poem is "To Sell Sweetie" by Barbara Jane Reyes.
The Year of Lynne Tillman
Writing for Flavorwire, critic Jason Diamond has declared 2014 the year of Lynne Tillman: Her fiction is the work of an author who takes meticulous care of every single word,…
Cambridge by Susanna Kaysen
Rebecca Kelley reviews CAMBRIDGE by Susanna Kaysen today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
The Rumpus Interview with Efrim Menuck
Efrim Menuck, the Canadian musician behind Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra La La Band and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, talks about music journalism, writing grooves, anarchy, and the apocalypse.