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Lisa Dusenbery
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Thanks, Bitch!
Bitch included FUNNY WOMEN #98: Classic Novels Rejected by Modern Publishing Houses in yesterday’s feminist news roundup. Thanks, Bitch! You’re on our radar, too!
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L.A. Women
“There’s a creative renaissance currently flourishing in Los Angeles and these women are central figures.” This week, KCET’s L.A. Letters explores iconic women in literary L.A. The writers and musicians featured include Saturday Rumpus editor Zoë Ruiz!
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RIP Chinua Achebe (1930–2013)
We’re saddened by the news that novelist and poet Chinua Achebe passed away today. Here are just a few conversations from his long and impacting legacy: In a 2009 interview with All Things Considered, Achebe discussed his first and most famous…
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Utne Media Award Nomination!
We have some good news, folks. We’ve been nominated as one of four finalists for the 2013 Utne Media Award in the category of Best Writing! Presented by the editorial staff of Utne Reader, the award is in its 24th year. Big congrats…
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Rumpus Ink
Last year, we published Chris Stedman’s essay “Sympathy for the Devil” with accompanying artwork by the one-and-only Jason Novak. Now, Chris has turned Jason’s illustrations into tattoos! Of his new ink (which you can check out after the jump), Chris…
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“The skies are filled with bees”
At Berfrois, Rumpus columnist Nicholas Rombes shares two new poems. “Drone Wars: Episode II” begins: Let me press yourself into your fucking self until you disappear completely. Read the rest here.
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COMIQUES: The Show
If you’re a New York-based fan of COMIQUES, Anne Emond’s delightful Rumpus column, listen up. There will be a week-long show of Emond’s comics and drawings at Superchief Gallery from March 25-31st. The opening will be held on March 30 from 7-10pm.…
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Tonight: Get Out of My Crotch Reading
This evening, Rumpus columnist Sari Botton, along with Elissa Bassist and Betty MacDonald, will be reading from Get Out of My Crotch: 21 Writers Respond to the War on Women’s Rights and Reproductive Health. Monday, March 4th, 7 pm at Bluestockings…
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Tribute to Newtown
The Newtowner magazine, based in Newtown, CT, is working on a special tribute issue in response to the events of 12/14. They’re looking for submissions of poetry, nonfiction, photography, and art that would be appropriate in an issue dedicated to the people…
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“Everything you think you have can be lost in five episodes”
Funny Women editor Elissa Bassist opens up about a Netflix binge and how, after seven days and 52 episodes, an Australian teen drama called Dance Academy became her raison d’être. I was an undiagnosed addict with a modern addiction, one that…
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Dirty Words
Here’s an intriguing visual analysis of 5000 escort field reports from the UK’s largest cities. The infographic paints a picture of a typical encounter based on most popular sex acts, descriptors of location and escort, average duration, price paid, and…