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Why We Write about Ourselves, edited by Meredith Maran
Rebecca Hussey reviews Why We Write About Ourselves, edited by Meredith Maran, today in Rumpus Books.
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Digging Deep into a Jawn
The word “jawn” is unlike any other English word. In fact, according to the experts that I spoke to, it’s unlike any other word in any other language. It is an all-purpose noun, a stand-in for inanimate objects, abstract concepts,…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Horrible tragic new dinosaur news. What is life but a failed emu war? On the origin of “African Proverbs”. It is literally always a good day to appreciate Rockwell Kent’s Moby Dick woodcuts. As long as we’re here, let’s go…
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The Rumpus Interview with Keith Lee Morris
Keith Lee Morris discusses his latest book Traveler’s Rest, Lewis and Clark, and how writing a novel about dreams requires much more than sleep.
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The Conversation: Desiree Bailey and Sean DesVignes
For me, intersectionality is a reality that I can’t escape.
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: On Theft
Maybe this is what compelled Stella to plunder goods without paying. Her mother had been taken, her heart song snatched away. The stealing became her mourning.
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Notable NYC: 3/26–4/1
Monday 3/28: Sallie Tisdale and Meghan Daum discuss Violation, Tisdale’s collected essays. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free. Tuesday 3/29: Rob Spillman presents All Tomorrow’s Parties, a memoir. Housing Works, 7 p.m., free. Alexandra Kleeman, Deirdre Coyle, Aurvi Sharma, and Morgan Beatty…
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Fish Gotta Swim by Larry Kearney
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Larry Kearney’s Fish Gotta Swim today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Thoughts on My Ancestry.com DNA Results
There were chains. History books always describe the chains.
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To Self-Publish or Not to Self-Publish
At the Guardian, Ros Barber explains why she believes self-publishing is not a valid alternative to traditional routes: Traditional publishing is the only way to go for someone who writes literary fiction. With genre fiction, self-publishing can turn you into…
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D’Angelo Gets Funky at the Sydney Opera House
We’ve spoken before of D’Angelo’s ever-evolving live shows, and his recent performance at the Sydney Opera House was no different: this time definitely leaning toward the funk in his rendition of Roberta Flack’s “Feel Like Making Love.” Watch a clip of…