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Steve Almond

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Steve Almond's most recent book, Against Football, was a New York Times bestseller for at least three seconds.
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The Rumpus Interview with William Giraldi

  • Steve Almond
  • July 29, 2011
In a few days, Norton will publish Busy Monsters, the debut novel by William Giraldi. The book has received three starred reviews and a blurb from Harold Bloom.
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To Gaze Upon a Weiner: A Rumpus Lamentation with Sad Sexual Parts

  • Steve Almond
  • June 21, 2011
Anthony Weiner, the brash congressman from New York City, resigned this past Thursday, after it was revealed that he sent photos of himself, and sexually yearning text messages, to several…
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Winter in America: A Musical Lamentation Offered on the Passing of Gil Scott-Heron

  • Steve Almond
  • May 30, 2011
Gil Scott-Heron died on May 27, at age 62. As I write this, there’s no official cause of death. We’ll know soon enough. This is America, after all. Whatever the…
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Super Hot Prof on Student Word Sex: Jane Roper

  • Steve Almond
  • May 25, 2011
Talk me through the class in which we met. Anything you can remember that doesn’t involve how poorly I dressed.
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While My Ukulele Gently Weeps

  • Steve Almond
  • April 28, 2011
Wow.
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The Heroic Lie: A Brief Inquiry into the Fake Memoir

  • Steve Almond
  • April 20, 2011
When I was about ten years old, I hit my older brother in the mouth with a baseball bat. We were standing around in a field, hitting pebbles with the…
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Look Back in Horror: The Rumpus Interview with David Sirota

  • Steve Almond
  • March 14, 2011
David Sirota writes a weekly column that appears in dozens of newspapers. He has his own radio show. And he’s a frequent guest on cable TV gabfests. These facts should…
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Map Of Tasmania

  • Steve Almond
  • March 2, 2011
Slightly NSFW.
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“Suffer For The Trust”

  • Steve Almond
  • February 24, 2011
Ike Reilly – “Suffer For The Trust” Rally for Workers’ Rights Madison, WI
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Surely Some Revelation Is at Hand

  • Steve Almond
  • January 10, 2011
(Yet Another) Rumpus Lamentation: It’s a sunny winter day in Tucson, Arizona. There’s an event being held in the parking lot of a supermarket called Safeway.
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I Would Like Very Much to Hate You: A Rumpus Lamentation

  • Steve Almond
  • October 28, 2010
My wife got upset last night, after she heard about the Rand Paul supporters who tackled a progressive activist named Lauren Valle. One of them stepped on her head. Valle…
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A Special Message From
Steve Almond:

  • Steve Almond
  • October 15, 2010
Dear Readers, Citizens, Freaks, Like a lot of you, I’ve been frustrated the last two years. Despite winning the presidency and overwhelming majorities in both houses of congress, Democrats have…
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