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This Week in Posivibes: Pet Shop Boys
With a new album out, the Pet Shop Boys’s residency at the Royal Opera House in London is likely a preface to a large tour of arena shows. Fans will be happy to hear that the residency performance has not disappointed.…
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How to Write Wilderness
At The Millions, Mary Catherine Martin responds to the flaws she found in Dave Eggers’s representation of the Alaskan wilderness in his most recent novel, Heroes of the Frontier. She explains why writers who “write wilderness” have a responsibility to understand…
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Could You Be Our Assistant Poetry Editor?
The Rumpus is looking for an Assistant Poetry Editor! Gain hands-on knowledge of the editing and publishing processes by working closely with a long-time Rumpus editor, and help to grow our Poetry section.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Saša Stanišić
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Saša Stanišić about his novel Before the Feast, the challenge of writing a plural narrator, working with a translator, and book tours in Germany.
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Pondering Pond
At the New York Times, Meghan O’Rourke reviews Claire-Louise Bennett’s debut novel, Pond, calling it “one of those books so odd and vivid that they make your own life feel strangely remote.” (And check out Nina Schuyler’s review of Pond right…
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Notable San Francisco: 7/27–8/2
Wednesday 7/27: In summer, we often like to explore a bit beyond the beaten path. Why not travel north to Petaluma for Get Lit, a stalwart reading series in the North Bay? Featuring Michelle Cruz Gonzales, Daniel Riddle Rodriguez, and…
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No Need for Defense
What did I learn from falling in love with a trans person? That spark plugs are on sale this week at Fleet Farm. How to feed a chicken. How to drive a trailer. The secret to making the best mojito…
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Book Covers: A Symptom of Sexism
For Lit Hub, book designer Jennifer Heuer reflects on sexism in publishing and analyzes “chick-lit” book covers that rely on gender stereotypes to target female readers: The bigger discussion is the genre itself: light-weight novels aimed at a female audience…
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Short Talks by Anne Carson
Iris Dunkle reviews Anne Carson’s recently reissued Short Talks today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Doors to Other Possibilities
I think what has brought imaginative fiction, imaginative literature, back into central centrality is that so much of it is very good, and so much of it is kind of needed because of the fact that it sort of opens…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Here’s your horrifying thought for the day to start off the morning: Mass killings seem to have created a contagion that’s perpetuating itself. Let’s change gears entirely and go inside the Met swimsuit collection. Maybe you want to know about…
