Zoë Ruiz

Stephen Elliott collaborates with Paul Madonna in All Over Coffee. Some days I feel like this character in All Over Coffee #616. Yesterday, I had coffee with Patty Pierce, one of my yoga instructors. She gave me advice about life and…

In Cat Power’s Ruin, she lists places where she’s been. She makes the places her own in the song, with rhythm and her pronunciations of locations. Two weeks ago I tried to mimic her, tried to make my illnesses my own, make them…

I’ve been thinking about joy, I’ve been thinking about pain. It’s true that I’ve been thinking about joy for some time. Six years to be exact. The year of my nervous breakdown, I read Bettina Aptheker’s Intimate Politics which led…

Saturday 2/2: The Rattling Wall is on a book tour and makes another stop. Benj Hewitt, Rhoda Huffey, Mandy Kahn, Amelia Morris, and Rachel Reynolds read and sign books. There will be drinks! Free. 7 p.m. at Skylight Books. Rumpus…

Last week we took a break from Carson Mell’s Tarantula. Now we are back with Episode 3. In case you missed these not Rumpus links in The Daily Rumpus: The Futile Pursuit of Happiness and Why A Straight Man Like Me Cares About…

On Martin Luther King, Jr Day, Las Cafeteras, one of my favorite bands, offered a free download of their album It’s Time. I’ve been listening to the song Trabajador – Trabajadora. In the song, they repeatedly sing the words thank you.

I have a cold, which means I’m slightly delirious and watching a lot of videos online. In other words: Welcome to Links I Like, Video Edition. Let’s start Saturday with a cartoon. This morning, we’re taking a break from Carson…

At my last doctor’s visit, I said, When I am in so much physical pain, I tend to get low. I get very depressed. She said, I’m sure not as bad as some. My doctor thinks I’m her most optimistic…

Saturday 1/12: WriteGirl celebrates the book launch of No Character Limit Truth & Fiction! Meet the authors, and if you arrive an hour early, Rumpus Children’s Correspondence Editor Cecil Castellucci will lead an inspirational writing session. Los Angeles Central Library — Mark…

Two of my favorite LA-based writers are Rumpus Contributors Antonia Crane and Melissa Chadburn. I admire and respect them as people and writers. This week, Melissa wrote her take on Django and Antonia wrote My Thunder Thighs. *** This week, I…