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Lisa Dusenbery
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Post-Publication Predicament
“Hi, God? I can’t think of anything more humiliating than getting sued for libel by someone no one’s ever heard of over a book no one actually bought, let alone read. Can You? Wait… don’t answer that.” At The Awl,…
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The Silent History
Today, Adam Levin (author of Rumpus Book Club hit selection The Instructions) talks with Kevin Moffett, a co-author of The Silent History, the recently released novel written as an app. Yesterday, The New York Times focused on the tech side…
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PANEL BUSTING: The Census
At Oxford American, Rumpus columnist Nick Rombes breaks into the official US census for 1860, chronicling his reaction to the text and the traces left behind by past readers. “Curled delicately, its oil having spread out in a bloom across…
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#NoHomophobes
“Homophobic language isn’t always meant to be hurtful, but how often do we use it without thinking? So asks NoHomophobes.com, a website “designed as a social mirror to show the prevalence of casual homophobia in our society.” The site tracks,…
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Reservoir Sound Presents: ALEA IACTA EST
Released yesterday, ALEA IACTA EST, or “The Die Has Been Cast” is a new collection of music – envisioned as a “roadmap of styles” – from Reservoir Sound. You can stream and download the album here.
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About Cherry Interview
Last week, Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott spoke with Fox News about his debut film, About Cherry. If you missed it live, you can watch the segment to hear details on plot, filming in the Armory, casting, and more.
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My Heart is an Idiot Book Trailer
Earlier this month, we spoke with Davy Rothbart about the his new collection, My Heart Is an Idiot, lauded in this week’s Rumpus review as “16 essays that read like early Jack Kerouac, if you substituted Charlie Parker for Dr. Dre.”…
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Pussy Riot Jailhouse Interview
“We couldn’t even imagine that the authorities would be so dumb that they would actually legitimize our influence by arresting us. Sure, Tsentr E tried to intimidate us by tailing us constantly. But unlike Putin, we’re not chickenshit—so we didn’t…
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READINGS at the Pop-Hop Shop
If you’re in Los Angeles, head over to the Pop-Hop Shop in Highland Park on Wednesday, September 26th for READINGS, hosted by Rumpus contributor Zoe Ruiz. The event will feature fellow Rumpus rockers Seth Fischer and Melissa Chadburn, along with…
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The Rumpus Loves 826
826 Valencia’s upcoming quarterly anthology of excellent student writing will feature a foreword by our very own Isaac Fitzgerald, along with cover art and illustrations from artist and Rumpus contributor Wendy MacNaughton! This week is the perfect time to support…
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Learning to Truly Show Up
At the NYT Sunday Book Review, Cheryl Strayed reviews Andrew McCarthy’s new memoir, The Longest Way Home. “If I had to cut out the heart of this book, that’s where I’d put the knife, on that boy in the snow on…
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Our “Literary-ish Party”
The Outlet has a nice write-up of our NYC event, complete with photographs and juicy details. “Whitehead’s reading culminated like a proper finale should, in phrases that dazzled and thundered out the truths of our shared New York lives. After,…