The Knotted Line
Check out this interactive laboratory that allows you to explore “the historical relationship between freedom and confinement in the geographic areas of the United States.” The Knotted Line reveals miniatures…
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Lisa Dusenbery
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Lisa Dusenbery is the former managing editor of The Rumpus.
“Perimeter-less Perimeters”
Believer co-founder and co-editor Heidi Julavitz writes about how online journals (such as The Rumpus!) caused the Believer to rethink some of its original tenets, including a strong resistance to…
From Weed to Worm
Letters of Note shares four letters from Woody Allen that appear in Diane Keaton’s recent memoir, Then Again. “Don’t be fooled by THE ARTS! They’re no big deal; certainly no…
Mapped Transitions
BOMBLOG interviews Terrance Nance about his debut feature film An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, mapping life’s transitional moments, and becoming filter-less. “I’m not going to call what I attempted an…
Cherry Interview
KALW Radio talks with Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott about his film Cherry and its portrayal of the San Francisco porn industry. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen a film where…
“The Never-to-Be Bride”
Rumpus Funny Women editor Elissa Bassist rocks the New York Times Modern Love column. “That online conversation was our last. Once he signed off, he was gone for good. At…
Roxane Gay Interview
Paper Darts converses with our own essays editor Roxane Gay. Topics of discussion include Edith Wharton, writing about small-town America, literary erotica, teaching, and crossing lines. “Life is pretty cruel…
Thanks, The Book Bench
The New Yorker’s Book Bench linked to our interview with John Jeremiah Sullivan. We love you back!
Iron Comic
Rumpus friends Kyle Kinane and Nato Green will be performing at the Punch Line Comedy Club in San Francisco next Tuesday, May 1st at 8pm. Get your tickets here!
A Literary Sunday in LA
Just one week after the LA Times Festival of Books, the LA literary scene is showing no sign of letting up. On Sunday night, April 29th at 7pm, the Rhapsodomancy…
“Imperfect Eulogy”
At ZYZZYVA, Shanthi Sekaran writes about her friend, Elmer Morrissey, one of four sailors who went missing in the boating accident off the Farralon Islands earlier this month. “I try…