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Remembering St. Clair McKelway
“In the annals of injustice, as The New Yorker might phrase it, the obscurity into which St. Clair McKelway has fallen amounts to a literary crime.” Craig Seligman discusses his memories of McKelway, a new collection of his work (Reporting…
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Postcards from the Edge
“Big American Trip addresses our insecurities as artists, lovers, and citizens who lack the ability to understand one another, regardless of which language we speak.”
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When Does Heartbreak Become a Story?
Rumpus contributor (and reader at tonight’s Sleeping With Friends) Jami Attenberg discusses getting over heartbreak, and asks “when does it become just a story?”
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #26
NEEDLEPOINT ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing needlepoint.
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Tune of the Day, R.I.P. Mark Edition
Artist: Sparklehorse Song: “It’s a Wonderful Life” R.I.P. Mark Linkous
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Limited Time Panorama Offer (Final Chance!)
Tickets to the Monthly Rumpus in San Francisco TODAY are only $10 (cheap!). But, for a limited time, if you purchase your tickets online you have the option to pay $15 and receive a copy of McSweeney’s issue 33: The…
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An Unlikely Advocate
“As someone who long reaped a paycheck from the sale of books, Mr. Mod isn’t looking at the transition with any form of glee. Instead, he argues that it doesn’t really matter which vessel we choose to read on, since…
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My Girlfriend Comes to the City
A kink.com documentary about Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott‘s erotica collection My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up. Really not safe for work.
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Myth Mad Adventures in the Print Trade
Neil Philip, the man behind Adventures in the Print Trade, is a writer who also runs the print gallery Idbury Prints. His blog is a visual feast and an important art history resource.
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Notable San Francisco, This Week: 3/8-3/14
This week, it’s Monthly Rumpus time again, Ilisa Barbash’s Sweetgrass takes over at the Landmark Lumiere, learn about the San Francisco Panorama at San Francisco State University, and maybe go see some clowns. Monday 3/8: Come down to The Makeout…
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Notable New York, This Week 3/8 – 3/14
This week in New York Sam Lipsyte reads from The Ask, David Shields reads from Reality Hunger, the Magnetic Fields perform, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks reads, Lore Segal and Tao Lin engage in a panel discussion about the novella, Stephen Elliott…