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The Rumpus Review of Micmacs
A slapstick farce about one man’s revenge on a pair of rival arms dealers, Micmacs succeeds as comedy but attempts to ignore its own political content.
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The Rumpus Book Club: Blogging Citrus County #3
Join The Rumpus Book Club today to receive our second selection, Doug Dorst’s The Surf Guru. ** Welcome to the continuing Rumpus Book Club Blog, where a Rumpus contributor reads the book of the month and regularly blogs about his…
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A Dog Is Barking Everywhere
Foghorns show up in much of my writing, but that’s because I cultivate a disingenuously melancholy disposition that my actual life, full of hilarity and good-natured insults, completely belies. But today I discovered that “a distant barking dog” appears in…
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Utopia, What Are You Good For?
“But the question lingers: Apart from its questionable value as a marketing strategy, what is utopia good for?” Paul La Farge at Bookforum on the concept and uses of utopia, with special mention of San Francisco and Burning Man.
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I Have Written The Most Important Fictional Novel On Earth
I feel bad for most writers who want to get published or make money from their writing, including myself. But I never feel that bad — after all, writing is a privilege that not everybody can do, or even should…
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #41: Like an Iron Bell
The best thing you can possibly do with your life is to tackle the motherfucking shit out of it. And, Johnny, on this front, I think you have some work to do.
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The Big Jewcy
Our pal Jason Diamond has been busy compiling The Big Jewcy, a list of 100 people that the good folks at Jewcy feel deserve to be recognized. The list includes folks like Larry Smith, Rivka Galchen, and our own Stephen…
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What Books Changed Your World?
The story behind everyone’s favorite hash tag: #booksthatchangedmyworld. Also, read our own Brian Spears‘ ruminations on books that changed his world (note: it’s longer than 140 characters), and let us know what books changed your world in the comments below.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #9: Anthony Aceti in Conversation with Dan Wang (and Vice Versa)
My friend and I interviewed each other. We’re students and have never done anything special. We like to talk, though.