Frisked On the Way to School
“They asked us where we coming from, and they asked us to see ID. And we said ‘We 12, we don’t got ID.’” The NYPD stopped teenagers over 140,000 times…
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Lisa Dusenbery
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Lisa Dusenbery is the former managing editor of The Rumpus.
Oakland In Popular Memory
Rumpus contributor Matt Werner’s Oakland In Popular Memory is a collection of interviews with leading young artists from Oakland, and established artists who’ve influenced Oakland musicians. Join Werner for a…
“Break All the Way Down”
Rumpus essays editor Roxane Gay has a new story over at Joyland. “The mother of my boyfriend’s youngest child called in the middle of the night. He was asleep, the…
Are You My Mother?
NPR shares a six-page excerpt from Are You My Mother?, Alison Bechdel’s latest graphic memoir. Here’s a conversation between Bechdel and the Paris Review. “There’s so much she hasn’t told…
Strayed Ethics
Cheryl Strayed was this week’s guest ethicist for The New York Times Magazine. She responded to three queries–relating to sex, money, and infidelity–with that Cheryl/Sugar blend of wisdom and wit.
Rombes Rocks Berfrois
Rumpus columnist Nicholas Rombes served as today’s guest editor for London-based online magazine Berfrois. Rombes curated an array of excellent pieces, including Rumpus editor Isaac Fitzgerald’s “In Love in San Francisco,”…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Dan Weiss is off today, but we’re channeling him. Smoke. Stone. Super Nintendo. Skin under a band-aid… 50 Shades of Grey. Animals with fraudulent diplomas. Yesterday, a giant solar-powered airplane…
Odor and Desire
“I went into this party wondering what kind of guys I’d be attracted to just on the basis of pheromone smell. Could I clear away all the flotsam in my…
Risky Moves
Granta interviews Tania James whose collection Aerogrammes and Other Stories is out this month. James discusses writing from a child’s perspective, scriptology, and the short form. “Certainly novels can and…
What About the Sky?
According to scholars, Homer never mentioned the color blue in any of his works; neither did the Bible, nor an abundance of ancient texts. Also, linguists have found a near-universal…