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Paolo Yumol

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Paolo Yumol is an intern at The Rumpus. He attends Oberlin College and is very grateful to be doing any of this.
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup

  • Paolo Yumol
  • November 11, 2013
See Yumi Sakugawa about the redemptive features of mind-entering snakes in Saturday’s comic. Speaking of mind-entering, in Sunday’s essay, Mag Gabbert catapults us into the head of a panicked teenage…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup

  • Paolo Yumol
  • October 14, 2013
Snap out of it! It was only a fever dream! We are all okay. We could be better, but we’re all okay. Here’s what you missed while you were unconscious:…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup

  • Paolo Yumol
  • September 16, 2013
Is the word “roundup” even remotely evocative of “Western” imagery and ethos?  I only ask because my immediate thought was to start the roundup with, “We lassoed a big one…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup

  • Paolo Yumol
  • September 9, 2013
Christ…brace yourself for an emotionally crippling time with these weekend features. (The pain is worth it! It always is!) In Saturday’s feature, the tragic end to an interplanetary love story…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup

  • Paolo Yumol
  • September 2, 2013
Giddy-up, you hateful stallion!  It’s time for another Weekend Rumpus Roundup. In the Saturday interview, Kiese Laymon takes some time with the Rumpus to discuss his latest book, Long Division,…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup

  • Paolo Yumol
  • August 26, 2013
Monday already?  We understand your pain; why don’t you gulp down the rest of your morning cup of Soylent and secure ample room in your gullet for these weekend Rumpus features:…
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George Saunders’ Syracuse Graduation Speech to Be Published

  • Paolo Yumol
  • August 15, 2013
In 2005, David Foster Wallace delivered his famous commencement speech to Kenyon’s graduating class, which was notorious for invoking the story about two young fish unable to recognize they are swimming…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup

  • Paolo Yumol
  • August 5, 2013
For the love of God, hoist yourself out of that pit of self-loathing and read the Weekend Roundup: In Yumi Sakugawa’s Saturday comic, a man discovers tiny trees growing on…
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The Juvenilia + Rookie: Exhibition and Pop-Up Shop in LA (8/9-8/11)

  • Paolo Yumol
  • August 3, 2013
Six years ago, the photography website Flickr allowed a community of young photographers around the world to discover one another’s work. One such friendship developed between Nolan Boomer, editor of…
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“There Is No ‘After’ Porn”

  • Paolo Yumol
  • August 2, 2013
It’s easy to assign porn names—which are often wildly flamboyant and unapologetically cheesy—to fictional identities, people who don’t exist off the screen. But at Buzzfeed, porn star and Rumpus contributor…
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Has Summer Reading Sucked on a Universal Level All Along?

  • Paolo Yumol
  • August 1, 2013
If you remember feeling oppressed by summer reading assignments—or skipping it altogether, opting to half-ass it and watch the movie adaptations instead—you aren’t alone. At The Millions, Carolyn Ross argues…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup

  • Paolo Yumol
  • July 29, 2013
Hungry for some good times?  Feast on this weekend Rump! In Saturday’s interview, Matthew Specktor takes some time to talk with the Rumpus about his latest novel, American Dream Machine.…
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