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Steve Almond
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A More Harmonious Union
It’s become pro forma for the media to refer to those citizens who descended upon Washington, DC, on September 12, as loyal opponents of the Obama agenda. Fair enough. But what do these folks actually believe? To what facts and…
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Steve Almond’s Bad Poetry Corner #3: Weather Channel
Writing wretched verse so you don’t have to since 1995. Weather Channel Al Jiminy, two doors down in 13, is an addict. Day and night his TV beams feeds of storms lolling across the careless globe.
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Steve Almond’s Bad Poetry Corner #2: Viper
Writing wretched verse so you don’t have to since 1995. Viper She told me how, as a girl, she slept each night with a different stuffed animal to make the others jealous
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Steve Almond’s Bad Poetry Corner #1: Kafka at the 50 Yard Line
Introducing Steve Almond’s Bad Poetry Corner, a new Rumpus column where Steve Almond highlights a wonderfully bad poem written by him, his younger self, or another bad poet. Enjoy. Kafka At The 50 Yard Line (Shady Side) Cockroach and quarterback…
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How to Write Sex Scenes: The 12-Step Program
Give us the reddened stubble in the crease of a debutante’s groin, or the minute trembling of a banker’s underlip.
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Lost and Found
I first heard about Stoner back in grad school. I’d been on a Denis Johnson jag (weren’t we all?) and so naturally assumed the novel was a florid account of reefer madness. This is how Stoner begins: William Stoner entered…