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Jennifer Gilmore
“It’s actually quite frightening to be an author and know the business side of publishing. I imagine it’s easier to be in Iowa and not know what’s going on with your book. If the industry had stayed the same, I…
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The Rumpus Review of Shutter Island
When Scorsese makes a new film, the question is less whether it’s good than whether the decision to make it in the first place was good.
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Getting Published
“What I’d like to ask you is if you have any reading suggestions for finding out about the ins and outs of book and magazine publishing.” The Millions answers with a list of resources to get started in publishing, but…
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Found in Translation
The Confessions of Noa Weber by Gail Hareven, translated from the Hebrew by Dalya Bilu, has won the 2010 Best Translated Book Award for Fiction.
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Appropriate Sex
A clip from Appropriate Sex, a 9 minute short comedy based on the short story by Rumpus contributor Steve Almond.
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When Does Heartbreak Become a Story? (Part II)
“Even Joan Didion, who wrote one of the most beautiful books (in my small opinion) about one of the biggest life tragedies one can ever face, had to take time between the sadness and the writing. Didion’s tragedy may be…
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Morning Coffee
I am pretty sure at least one of these things will make you happy. Start your weekend off in an appropriately dark place with images of public execution in the old west. Antique camera porn. A little whimsical art: fully…
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FUNNY WOMEN (COMBO!) #18: Publishing House
Submission Guidelines by Jane Roper Dear Writer: Thank you for your interest in our publication.