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2017
1853 posts
Slang and Swagger: Riffing with Jeff Chang
Jeff Chang discusses his latest book, We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation, his work in hip-hip journalism, and the beauty and humanity of political protest.
Notable Twin Cities 5/7-5/13
Sunday 5/7: Come celebrate the launch of In Her Own Voice: Selected Works of Grace Flandrau, edited by Georgia Ray, with FitzFirst@Four! The program will include a brief presentation on F. Scott Fitzgerald…
Sunday Rumpus Poetry: A Poem by Juan Martinez
The abyss believes / this bug – bottle green, abuzz, / every wire alive with your lies. / The abyss calls your mom / to let her know.
Notable NYC: 5/6–5/12
Saturday 5/6: Jennifer E. Smith presents Windfall. McNally Jackson Books, 6 p.m., free. Carmen Giménez Smith and Aldrin Valdez join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5.
The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #27: Spring Is Sprung
It is springtime for sure in the house of The Storming Bohemian and Argyle C. Klopnik. All day, every day, Klopnik digs his garden. Our once-chaotic backyard is now a…
Join Us at the Oakland Book Festival!
One day. Seven hours. Over a hundred writers and fifty events, including a Rumpus panel you won't want to miss!
Notable Chicago: 5/5–5/11
Friday 5/5: Ali Noorani will be at The Book Cellar to discuss his book There Goes the Neighborhood: How Communities Overcome Prejudice and Meet the Challenge of American Immigration. 7 p.m., free. Saturday 5/6: The Book…
This Week in Short Fiction
The PEN America World Voices Festival, a weeklong international literary festival that focuses on human rights, is ongoing in New York City this week, and this year’s theme of gender…
We Have Met the Maelstrom, and It Is Us: Dean Rader’s Self-Portrait as a Wikipedia Entry
Umbrellas are flimsy shelters from the maelstrom, and Rader keeps going because he can’t stop.
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
So, what’s in this horrifying thing anyway? When things seem awful, look to the stars (and try and understand gamma rays). Photographing America’s extreme wealth. Where do oil rigs go…
Names Are Always the First Lock on Any Cage: Talking with Dolan Morgan
Dolan Morgan discusses his latest short story collection, Insignificana, losing his favorite jacket, Internet comments, and the ending of Lost.