Columns
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Cruel Summers
We both survived; we both grew up and made lives for ourselves. But I still can’t bear to think about that summer. We could have died so many times. Over at the Los Angeles Review of Books, Briallen Hopper recalls…
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Flea and Koko
The Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist recently got together with Koko, the exceptional gorilla who famously learned sign language and proved the intelligence of our mammalian ancestors along with their depth of creativity. (She also loves cats.) Of course Koko, being the…
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Hashtag at the Wedding
For The Hairpin, Ella Riley-Adams delves into the phenomenon of the wedding hashtag, and the ways we control and shape the narrative around crucial life milestones.
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Next Letter for Kids: Maria Gianferrari
Maria Gianferrari returns for our next Letter for Kids, and she wants to know what creatures are your wild neighbors? She’ll tell you about the late night encounter that inspired her to learn more about her wild neighbor the coyote and…
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with David Rivard
David Rivard discusses his new collection Standoff, writing as both a public and private act, the interiority of reading, and Pokémon GO.
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Weekly Geekery
Phillip K. Dick’s holy spirits—or hallucinations? Lovecraftian scientific horror in Stranger Things. Shakespeare + math = … Narcissists doth make psychiatrists of us all. As women of color win science fiction awards, ATTACK OF THE RABID PUPPIES!
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to @ Them
Trolls have come a long way since their days guarding bridges. Over at Electric Literature, Andrew Ervin compares today’s Internet vermin to their bestial forbears.
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This Week in Indie Bookstores
Istanbul is suffering from a shortage of bookstores. Barnes & Noble has ousted CEO Ronald Boire. A crane collapsed in front of a Reno bookstore. No people—or books—were injured.
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A Good Mom, a Progressive Mom, a Cool Mom
At Catapult, Rachel Klein shares her experience as a mother of a transitioning child: I was worried, like most people are at their core, about myself. I was not being a “good mom,” a “progressive mom,” a “cool mom”; I…
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I Have Devoted My Life to the Clitoris by Elizabeth Hall
Allie Rowbottom reviews I Have Devoted My Life to the Clitoris by Elizabeth Hall today in Rumpus Books.
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Trump Tribute Torched
At Hyperallergic, Benjamin Sutton gives us the latest in “Crimes of the Art.” It’s a tough world out there, especially for Trump tributes.
