The Rumpus Interview with Edan Lepucki
Author Edan Lepucki talks to the Rumpus about publishing, the craft of writing, teaching, and what to do about the end of the world.
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Posts by: Seth Fischer
The Rumpus Interview with Dr. Mimi Hoang
Dr. Mimi Hoang, psychologist, author, and co-founder of the Los Angeles Bi Task Force and amBi, discusses the lack of a bisexual voice in the national conversation and her long-term work as a mental health advocate and researcher of bi identity.
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Bow and Arrow
He smiled that smile that had led him into the beds of countless women and got him out of trouble with as many cops. He looked happy to see us. Across his arms was a parade of swastikas, iron crosses, and skulls.
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That’s Life
I want to write the world off as brutish and cruel, to go all Gordon Gecko, or maybe Don Draper, to stop worrying about the people around me and start looking out for number one, maybe learn Parkour, or at the very least learn to throw a punch
...moreHere Are Some Stories Seth Likes
Here’s a few very short stories for your Monday morning: “When a door opens and you can’t see who’s coming, it’s almost always a cat that would like to be your lover.” — At BLIP MAGAZINE, “The Cat Lover” by Thaisa Frank. “We sweet-lipped drag queens for clean sheets.” — At The Collagist, “And Then […]
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Here are links to stories I read this week that I liked and I hope you’ll like too. “It’s not that we wouldn’t be able to lay our hands on bodily fluids via some other avenue, says Stephen, it’s just that prohibiting their sale on eBay is an egregious encroachment of our rights as Americans.” […]
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Every Monday I link to very short fiction I like that I hope you’ll like too: “When we reach the street, the houses are dark, except for one—the grey one with the white trim, chain link fence, black oak tree.” — At Waccamaw, “A House Made of Stars” by Tawnysha Greene. “On the street the […]
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It’s Monday morning, so here’s some links to some wonderful very short writing that made my day better and hopefully makes your day better too. Also, in a side note, I’m very sad to learn that > kill author will be closing down, but I’m excited to read the last issue on Wednesday. “My husband’s […]
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Here are some excerpts from and links to some very short writing that made my day better and hopefully makes your day better too. “Doesn’t it make you feel like an old-timey big-city career girl, carrying parcels up your stoop, struggling to unlock your door, when a handsome stranger in a suit comes up outta […]
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It’s been awhile since I’ve been a-Rumpusing, but I got this email from the talented Ashley Bethard thanking me for including her in an old Here Are Some Stories I Like link list, and I got to thinking about how much I loved doing those, so I asked Isaac if I could do them again, […]
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Notes From a Unicorn
No one will ever make this go away. No one will ever make it simple.
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Writers, listen up: I’ve got a pretty cool call for submissions for you. Fiddleblack, a small press and literary journal, is seeking fiction and nonfiction submissions for its digital winter issue and 2012 print annual. There are a few thematic specifics they desire, but overall Fiddleblack is looking for sharp and dusky work with a […]
...moreThe Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
Ouch. A really harsh rejection to Gertrude Stein. Here’s a lovely essay on hate. An interview with a conspiracy theorist (via). Feeling political? Here’s some revolutionary reading, from Lewis Lapham’s. (via)
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Kadafi’s book bans are over. At The Guardian, on “the many futures of books.” On the lack of literary apps. Three Percent wants you to know what translators look like. (not too bad, not too bad at all.)
...moreThe Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
It was one hell of a week at Rumpus Books. Come see what you missed.
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I’m feeling concise. You can check out and help build the Occupy Wall Street library catalogue here. Books that aren’t quite books? (via) How self-publishing is taking off in China. Interactive book covers.
...moreJerry Stahl on Occupy Wall Street
“Citizens United may have transformed Corporations into People… And Occupy Wall Street – Occupy the World – has transformed people into Citizens. Into activists. And in the end – I would bet my personal 99 percenter savings on it – real citizenship will trump fake person-hood.” — At CNBC, Jerry Stahl on what makes Occupy […]
...moreIt’s Time: The Oakland General Strike Is Here
Well this is going to be something. Oakland’s general strike is today. Organizers are expecting tens of thousands of people. Almost every labor union has endorsed, and students will be walking out all over the Bay Area (solidarity statements here). Businesses throughout Oakland are shutting down (partial list here), including, apparently, Men’s Wearhouse(!) and the Grand Park […]
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So, here’s something amazing. Tomorrow, November 2nd, Occupy Oakland is organizing the first general strike in America since 1946. Can we just stop and sit with that for a moment?
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I am freakin’ loopy today. Jessa Crispin explains why you’re not really crazy. (and maybe I’m not either!) Because this is the type of thing that I might get in trouble for posting on The Rumpus, and because I’m gonna do it anyway: “The Presidents of the United States of America, Sorted Into Hogwarts Houses.” Okay […]
...moreThe Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
It was a good week at Rumpus Books. Come see what you might’ve missed.
...moreAn Occupy Oakland and Occupy SF Roundup
By pretty much all accounts, last night was tense but hopeful for the Occupy movement in the Bay Area. (For an account of the national movement, check out Brian Spears’ roundup from this morning.) This is somewhat of a relief after Tuesday night, when a coalition of Bay Area police used tear gas, nonlethal rounds, […]
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