Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed
Mark Blatte’s hip-hop-crime novel brings a touch of philosophy to New York’s mean streets
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Batman, Robin, and…Dostoevsky?
Drawn and Quarterly is one of the premier anthology publications in the indie comics world. Although the caliber of work in the quarterly is almost always superb, the crossover appeal…
“I also have a sex partner who is starting to seem a lot like said hangnail.”
Stop fighting the anxiety. This is where we are as a people, and where most of the rest of the people on the planet have been for some time.
The Rumpus Interview with Laura Kipnis
Laura Kipnis began her career as a visual artist but is best known for her writing on a range of provocative topics, including pornography, and adultery.
Role Models
Those who came before us — Virginia Woolf, Jean Rhys, and Flannery O’Connor — “illuminat[ed] precedents for women writers,” and became our heroines, our literary guides, our inspirations and paragons.…
The Rumpus Review of Hunger
Being locked in a tiny prison cell for years on end, with nothing but a blanket and piles of your own waste for company, makes a man very attuned to…
“What’s Michael J. Fox Like?”
Tom Wilson, aka Biff from the Back to the Future movies, sings about his most common experiences as a former star.
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Just a reminder that we here at The Rumpus are posting a poem a day for National Poetry Month, so enjoy some never before published work by some up-and-coming poets.…
The Danger of Law Enforcement Puritans
This is the face of the new witch hunter–Jim Plowman, the Loudon County VA Commonwealth’s attorney, who tried to prosecute an educator for possession of child porn when the educator…
A New Babel
These poems by Kazim Ali are gorgeous, each phrase a breath of prayer, the words presented as humbling offerings, each one a deep bow.