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Ain’t No Grave by TJ Jarrett
Heather Dobbins reviews Tj Jarrett’s Ain’t No Grave today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Wired in for Life
…the unplugging movement is the latest incarnation of an ageless effort to escape the everyday, to retreat from the hustle and bustle of life in search of its still core. Phones, computers, and tablets, once seen as a way of…
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The Saddest Story I’ve Ever Read
“She began to nod. She was holding onto a carton of milk. It would spill. Like diarrhea-in-the-bed all over again. Another mess. The daughter tried to take the carton of milk away. She… held on defiantly.” – From I Want…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
We’d all like an ornamental lawn hermit from time to time. Another day another new terrifying dinosaur. Harper Lee responds. Mount Everest is maybe getting some ladders and the world is a little less bad ass. Hurray for old science…
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The Rumpus Interview with Bill Cotter
Writer Bill Cotter talks about his new novel, the joy of discovering writing a bit later in life, and the dangers of accidental self-plagiarism.
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Gregor Samsa Dreams of RoboCop
Susan Bernofsky, in the introduction to her new translation of Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, compares Gregor Samsa to famed American literary character Willy Loman. Over at the LA Review of Books, David Burr Gerrard praises the translation but disagrees that this is…
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A Map for Book Lovers
If you love San Francisco and its literary scene as much as we do, you will be smitten with this interactive map of the Literary City. Find booksellers, places, and even settings from some of your favorite books! Perfect for…
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You’re Jonathan Franzen or You’re Nobody
“I write because I’ve always wanted to know what bankruptcy feels like.” John Winters gives his sobering reaction to the hotly debated “MFA vs. NYC: The Two Cultures of American Fiction,” in his essay, “Why I Write: 2014 Edition.” He details…
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On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee
Maxine Vande Vaarst reviews ON SUCH A FULL SEA by Chang-Rae Lee today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
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Forgetting Myself
If you loved Jerry Stahl’s essay “Bad Moments in Parenting” as much as we did, be sure to check out the beautiful, devastating account of of one woman’s experience with dementia by Gerda Saunders. Her deeply personal essay gives insight…
