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Kurt Vonnegut and Other “Inveterate Doodlers”
Sylvia Plath may not be best known for her paper dolls, but we don’t usually envision Mark Twain as an avid fan of scrapbooking, either. Check out this cool collection…
Self Evident Truths
Bomblog interviews photographer iO Tillett Wright about her Self Evident Truths endeavor, which gathers individual portraits to document the LGBTQ spectrum across America. “When the message is finally understood that its…
Impersonation and Self-Portraiture
On July 14, SF MoMA will be opening a retrospective of the work of photographer Cindy Sherman. Starting with her series Untitled Film Stills, Sherman’s photographs have consistently challenged the limits, meaning,…
The View from a “Cramped Little Cottage” in Nairobi
“I love the tingling pullover of night sounds and forest sounds and the bite of cold breeze and distant cars and stereos. Sometimes I close my eyes and sway my…
The Rumpus Interview with Jeffrey Brown
Comic aficionados have been aware of Jeffrey Brown’s talents since the publication of Clumsy in 2002, a raw and honest graphic novel about a promising, but ultimately doomed, long-distance relationship.
I Wish You Were Here
At The Rumpus, we love a good letter, and Tanya Houghton wants you to send her mother postcards. Three years ago Marianne Houghton was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Once an avid…
Brain Activity
Glasgow-based artist and illustrator David Shrigley’s largest show to date, Brain Activity, opens tomorrow at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Called “Kierkegaard, only with marker pens,” Shrigley’s work…
Radio Ambulante: This Latin American Life
We talked with author Daniel Alarcón about Radio Ambulante, a monthly Spanish-language radio program showcasing compelling human stories from around Latin America and the United States.
Wendy MacNaughton Goes to Death Valley
Artist and Rumpus contributor Wendy MacNaughton kept an illustrated diary of her “short, no frills” road trip through Death Valley for AFAR Magazine. Join MacNaughton for the opening of her…
Roxane Gay’s Tattoos
Rumpus essays editor Roxane Gay is featured today on Pen & Ink, a new Tumblr from our own Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton. Check out Roxane’s seven arm tattoos, and…
Magazine Review #12: Radio Silence
What is the impact on the human condition when we expect to have everything we want, whenever we want it? So asks Zach Rogue in the first issue of Radio…