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From Giggles to Gasps
New York comedian Scott Rogowsky created fake book covers that parody popular books and took them on the subway to see how people would react. Titles included Mein Kampf for Kids, Getting Away with Murder for Dummies, and Donald Trump: The Art of…
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Snowden the Composer
Edward Snowden has been busy during his exile: the whistle-blower has been working on a single with French artist Jean-Michel Jarre. The single, “Exit,” will appear on the upcoming Electronic Vol. 2: The Heart Of Noise, which also features Primal Scream,…
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Creative Writers in Conversation
Over at The Towner, Amelia Gray talks to Catherine Lacey about the role of the self and place in fiction, the artist’s responsibility to culture, and creativity and productivity. Lacey says: “It’s our job, as awake humans, not just as writers,…
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Meet Our New Rumpus Interviews Editor!
We are sad to announce that Ben Pfeiffer, who has been working with The Rumpus for nearly two years, first as Assistant Interviews Editor and then as Interviews Editor, will be moving on to work on personal projects. Ben has…
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Zoe Zolbrod
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Zoe Zolbrod about her new book The Telling, pushing against victim narratives, how the conversation surrounding sexual abuse has evolved, and the melding of research with memoir.
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Jen Fitzgerald’s Poetry Mixtape #3: Poetry That Asks You to Sit and Sort This Whole Thing Out
I’m spending National Poetry Month at the Millay Colony, former home of Edna St. Vincent Millay. My colleague and friend, poet and writer Jen Fitzgerald, will be writing the Mixtape column this month—and we are all lucky for it. Enjoy…
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Notable San Francisco: 4/20–4/26
Wednesday 4/20: National Book Award finalist Paolo Bacigalupi reads from The Water Knife, “a near-future thriller about climate change and drought in the southwestern United States.” Free, 7:30 p.m., Pegasus Books Downtown Berkeley. Thursday 4/21: RADAR Productions presents Hella Close: Stories of…
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National Poetry Month Day 20: Sarah Blake
For Max Ok, so you know someone who died horrifically Ok, so you know an animal who died horrifically In a fire let’s say or a building’s collapse
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Slow Reading
As much as many of us would love to read faster so that we could read more books, science points to speed reading as little more than efficient skimming, partially because the eye has a limited range where it can…
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Green Migraine by Michael Dickman
Caitlin Mackenzie reviews Michael Dickman’s Green Migraine today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Welcome to Miami
For The Daily Beast, Alex Segura analyzes what makes Miami such a great backdrop for mystery novels and stories: It’s easy to be lulled by the Caribbean breeze and beautiful sights, but Miami can be lethal, too, its urban sprawl littered…
