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Ashley Perez
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Relearning Patience
It’s no secret that in this day of instant everything, society as a collective whole have lost a lot of patience. Jessica Lahey at The Atlantic talks about how an assignment from her son’s school made her realize the lack…
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Rembering Wanda Coleman
Known as the “L.A. Blueswoman” and “the unofficial poet laureate of Los Angeles”, Wanda Coleman passed away at the age of 67 on November 22, 2013. There are some very lovely tributes to Coleman at the LA Times and at…
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Get Your Lunch Ticket
The fourth issue of Lunch Ticket is out and it features some of our Rumpus contributors! The featured essay is by contributor and former editor Seth Fischer. Here is a taste of his essay, “How To Make Your Family Proud”:…
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The Dynamic Duo: Sugar Meets WLM!
Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful Rumpus readers! We all know today is the crazy day known as Black Friday but did you know that tomorrow is Support Small Business Saturday? Over in the Rumpus store we have some amazing gifts…
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Portrait of an artist in 7 minutes
Rumpus artist MariNaomi has her first published essay over at The Weeklings. She writes an about an honest, raw experience about what creative people will go through for the sake of “exposure”: “The gig was unpaid, but I was promised…
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Narratives of Survival
The Voice of Witness project, founded by McSweeney’s Dave Eggers, is a nonprofit that records the narratives of those who have survived harrowing experiences. The project was started after Dave came back from the Sudan, where he witnessed people trying…
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Do You Read the Comments?
We are all told to never read the comments section on well…anything. It is usually a vitriolic place to be. S. Bear Bergman writes at the National Post on what the problem with read comments are: “Disagreement isn’t why the…
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Flannery O’Connor’s Prayer Journals
“Dear God, I don’t want to have invented my faith to satisfy my weakness. My dear God, how stupid we people are until You give us something Dear Lord, please make me want you. Can’t anyone teach me how to…
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An Acceptance Speech by Selfie
“…there were some great words this year. I mean, I did this the hard way though, with dedication and God. Not all of us can say that. I’m looking at you, Twerk.” What was your reaction to ‘Selfie’ winning word…
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How to really piss off a writer
Ploughshares list 14 ways to tick off a writer. Here are two: Say this to a writer and see what kind of look you get: “Email saying you want to be a writer too, and you notice the writer lives in the…
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Is there really such a thing as an overshare?
Have you ever heard of an overshare? Of course you have. Did you know there is such a thing as successfully oversharing? Rumpus contributor and former editor Seth Fischer lets us know the art of the overshare at Jaded Ibis‘…
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New roles for artists
“What matters is to know what you want and pursue it,” says Smith. She urges us to recognize that suffering is part of the package for everyone. “Life is going to be difficult.” Ride with it, she urges. Nothing is perfect.…