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The Rumpus Review of Inception
Here’s a little news worth sharing: Christopher Nolan does not shit solid gold. Like most people, he shits shit. Inception, for example. Let me explain:
The Death of the King of the Jungle
Jan Lenica’s political caricatures from the 1950 book Polska Karykatura Polityczna (Polish Political Caricature):
10/40/70 #17: Aspen Extreme
This ongoing experiment in film writing freezes a film at 10, 40, and 70 minutes, and keeps the commentary as close to those frames as possible. This week, I examine…
More Moody
Rumpus contributor Craig Fehrman has published an in-depth profile of Rumpus contributor Rick Moody in the Hartford Advocate. In case you didn’t know, Moody’s new book, The Four Fingers of…
Today Is Rick Moody Day!
We’re sure you’ve been anticipating Rick Moody’s The Four Fingers of Death (out today) as much as we have, but in case you have some catching up to do, here’s…
Snowden Wright: The Last Book I Loved, Firework
In Firework, a novel that starts in the gutter and never once looks at the stars, Eugene Marten accomplishes two extraordinary feats. Not only does the book establish Marten, author…
Amazon Now Turning Authors Against Publishers
You probably heard the news that Amazon has struck a controversial deal with literary agent Andrew Wiley. It works like this: digital rights are separate from print rights, and Wiley…
Dan Weiss Thinks About Music Too Much #3: Dirty on Purpose
Everyone’s ex-girlfriends are moving to Austin next month. Understandably all of us are experiencing some mixed feelings about this.
“I Will Away,” a Rumpus Original Poem by Keetje Kuipers
I Will Away With your promises tucked like a dry newspaper under my safe arm.
Star-Smoked Skies
Kuipers is a “traditional poet” with respect to her unwavering focus on craft; the engine powering her verse is tight word choice that simultaneously conjures up tangible, living objects and…
Barbara J. King: The Last Book I Loved, Memory Wall
Short stories have never attracted me; the shock of moving from one to the next is too great. Just as I submerge fully in a new world, floating along on…