The Contenders
The National Book Award Foundation recently launched an online exhibition devoted to the 373 books that were NBA Fiction Finalists between 1950 and 2011. Now a permanent part of the…
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Lisa Dusenbery
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Lisa Dusenbery is the former managing editor of The Rumpus.
“The Removals”
Rumpus columnist Nicholas Rombes has the first installment of a three-part story up at Berfrois. “They took you to the first house, and then, later, to the second. By the…
The Less You Tell
“For the shy and passive aggressive, blackmail might be the perfect means of control. Hone your blackmailing chops and you can utilize them in a range of scenarios: betrayal, revenge,…
Rebirth of the Epigram
“Twitter’s formal properties bend, simultaneously, in opposite directions: toward the essential but also the superfluous, the concise but also the verbose.” n+1 gets all philosophical about the tweet.
Art as Witness
“I believe Nina Simone tried to build that gun because that night she realized what all other-ed bodies eventually realize: a gun was already at her head. She feared a…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
A 50-million-year-old turtle orgy. Turns out most people would like more meat in their antibiotics. Or fewer antibiotics in their meat. What was that book?
About Cherry Opens in New York
Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott’s About Cherry will make its New York premiere tomorrow! The film is screening in the Northside Festival on Thursday, June 21st, 7pm at Brooklyn’s indieScreen. You…
Wendy MacNaughton Goes to Death Valley
Artist and Rumpus contributor Wendy MacNaughton kept an illustrated diary of her “short, no frills” road trip through Death Valley for AFAR Magazine. Join MacNaughton for the opening of her…
Juneteenth
In honor of Juneteenth, The Root investigates “the blurred line of emancipation in America,” from 1883 through the present. Feministing breaks down the wording of the Emancipation Proclamation, shedding light…
Roxane Gay’s Tattoos
Rumpus essays editor Roxane Gay is featured today on Pen & Ink, a new Tumblr from our own Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton. Check out Roxane’s seven arm tattoos, and…
Imperfect Heroes
“I learned from my political experiences that I am a writer, not a politician. Part of the reasons I have lived the life I have is because I wanted to…