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Lisa Dusenbery

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Lisa Dusenbery is the former managing editor of The Rumpus.
  • Politics

“The Love That Dares”

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • December 9, 2011
At Mother Jones, our friend Mac McClelland reports from Uganda, focusing on the defiance of the country’s gay community in the face of bigots (some of whom have American allies).…
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New YA Literary Magazine

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • December 9, 2011
A new young adult literary magazine will be introduced in 2012. Each issue of One Teen Story “will feature one amazing short story about the teen experience.” A contest will…
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Packaging and Nationhood

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • December 8, 2011
Here’s a reflection on nationhood through the lens of bilingualism, product packaging, and mixed vegetables. “The French and the English cannot be made to say exactly the same thing, not…
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  • Art

Azu Nwagbogu Interview

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • December 8, 2011
Guernica interviews Lagos Photo Festival founder Azu Nwagbogu about the goals of the festival, and the growth of photography as a social tool in Nigeria. “The problem of Africa really…
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On The Precipice

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • December 8, 2011
In this Bomblog piece, Sarah Gerard ruminates on choice, relationships, Occupy, and existentialism while taking a closer look at Alexander Maksik’s You Deserve Nothing (which you can find Rumpus reviewed…
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  • Politics
  • Sex

On Persecuting Porn Performers

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • December 8, 2011
“We don’t know why porn stars should not teach children, why it’s OK to watch porn but not be in it, why we should have to hide our involvement in…
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  • Features & Reviews

Dagoberto Gilb Interview

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • December 8, 2011
ZYZZYVA interviewed Dagoberto Gilb, acclaimed author and the current executive director of Centro Victoria: Center for Mexican American Literature and Culture. Gilb touched on the Texan literary scene, Latino literature, and…
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  • Politics

Guantánamo Diary

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • December 8, 2011
“They started taking detainees away every night, by groups of twenty. We didn’t know where they were going to, but we thought the US. One day, it was my group’s…
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  • Book Club Blog
  • Features & Reviews

December’s Rumpus Book Club Selection

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • December 6, 2011
The Rumpus Book Club is proudly presenting Treasure Island!!!, Sara Levine’s debut novel as our December pick. “The story of a ferocious obsession,” Treasure Island!!! chronicles a college graduate’s fateful…
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A “Bridge to Nowhere”

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • December 1, 2011
“After several years of trying to have a child, and after several more years of science trying on our behalf, my husband and I decided to adopt. Somehow we thought…
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Revisiting Rosa Parks

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • December 1, 2011
Today is the anniversary of Rosa Parks’s refusal to give up her bus seat, resulting arrest and Montgomery boycott. The Grio discusses Park’s life and legacy, calling out her mischaracterization…
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Curbside Haiku

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • December 1, 2011
More than 200 colorful, haiku-ed signs will grace high-crash locations around NYC as part of the city’s “Curbside Haiku” safety initiative. John Morse is the poet and artist behind the…
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