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This Year in Literature and Gender
Matters of gender and sexuality come to the surface repeatedly in the scuffles discussed in The New Yorker piece called “Literary Feuds of 2013.” In the past year, there have been debates over the double standard to which the personalities…
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War-less Class
For at least a decade, Americans have been living in the shadow of war and yet, except in pop fiction of the Tom Clancy variety (where, in the end, we always win), there’s remarkably little evidence of it At Guernica,…
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door of thin skins by Shira Dentz
Nicole Walker reviews Shira Dentz’s door of thin skins today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Weekly Rumpus Fiction: Justin Hamm
The next Weekly Rumpus features fiction from Justin Hamm. Here’s an excerpt: I gave him a post card. He autographed it. I gave him one of his early records. He autographed it. I gave him a record by Justin Bieber.…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Meet Peggy, the strange object at the edge of Saturn’s rings. Scientists prove the universe is a hologram. (“prove”) Scientists also claim to have found the coldest place on earth. Related: now you can use a cellphone on Antarctica. I…
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The Rumpus Interview with Maureen Seaton
Maureen Seaton sits down to discuss queering poetry, collaborating on collections, vacillating between literary genres, and why Audre Lorde’s “Uses of the Erotic” is at the top of her credos.
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Ohio Edit’s Holiday Party!
New York Rockers! Join Rumpus contributor Amy Fusselman and managing editor Zoe Ruiz at Ohio Edit’s Holiday Party! The line-up also includes: Natalie Eve Garrett, Jim Behrle (as Santa), Josh Lefkowitz and more! The event takes place at Powerhouse Arena…
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Brave Author Writes Entire Novel As Nail Art
Courtesy of Reductress–the premier fake women’s news magazine–check out this woman novelist who has written an entire novel using nail art. The drawback: “Archery? No way.”
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Next Letter In The Mail: Jillian Lauren
We’re sending our next Letter in the Mail from Jillian Lauren on December __! Jillian is the author of Pretty and Some Girls: My Life in a Harem. She previously did an interview with The Rumpus. Learn more about her at…
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FUNNY WOMEN #111: About Our Impending Nuptials
We would like something tasteful, elegant, modern, luxurious, artsy, classy, chic, and original, but also with a bit of simple lightness and a homey, retro feel. And also some danger.
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PJ Harvey Tuesday #6: “The Dancer”
If you’ve only heard one PJ Harvey song, it’s probably “Down by the Water” off her 1995 album To Bring You My Love. A runaway hit that broke the top 50 on UK and US music charts, it epitomized the…