An essay by Andrew Altschul, the Books editor here at The Rumpus, examines the David Foster Wallace story “The Suffering Channel,” ruminating on art versus shit, shit as art, the…
Palestine Speaks is a San Francisco-based, Kickstarter-funded independent journalism initiative collecting stories of daily life in Palestine. Assistant editor and Rumpus photographer Timothy Faust recently traveled to Palestine with the…
The Bay Area is no stranger to the provocative. Nary a rally, street fair or Sunday stroll exists without the backdrop of a few naked men in cock rings and…
The Believer magazine sat down with comic journalist Joe Sacco to talk about his book Footnotes in Gaza, his creative process, the unique value of comic journalism, and illustration versus…