Blogs
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Notable Los Angeles 7/13-7/19
Saturday 7/13: READINGS presents Sara Finnerty, Jillian Lauren, Wendy C. Ortiz, and Michelle Tea. The event is hosted by Rumpus Saturday editor Zoë Ruiz. 7:30 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe. Sunday 7/14: Roar Shack presents It Takes a Year,…
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Links I Like
This evening, Michelle Tea is participating in my reading series! We’re celebrating Mermaid in Chelsea Creek. Last night I was in bed, reading Getting Pregnant with Michelle Tea articles and a friend told me that a party near Dodger Stadium…
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The Last Book I Loved: The Geographical History of America by Gertrude Stein
I’m quite sure that if I lived when Gertrude Stein did, I would have not enjoyed her person—the pronouncements, the relentless self-promotion, the blatant self-absorption (“I am a genius”). If I lived in her time I probably, like so many…
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Reveal: All Shapes and Sizes by Bruce Covey
Andrew Field reviews Bruce Covey’s Reveal: All Shapes and Sizes today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Instructions For Preparing Your Skin by Ariana Nadia Nash
Diego Báez reviews Ariana Nadia Nash’s Instructions for Preparing Your Skin today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Alissa Nutting
Alissa Nutting discusses issues of gender and consent, and her novel Tampa, which depicts in relentless detail a female teacher sexually preying upon young male students.
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The Rose of January by Geoffrey Nutter
Kent Shaw reviews Geoffrey Nutter’s The Rose of January today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Nick Cave Monday #43: “Stranger Than Kindness”
Anita Lane was one of Nick’s early lovers. When Nick Cave and The Birthday Party left Australia for London, Anita was right by his side. She’s credited for co-writing other songs by The Birthday Party as well as “From Her…
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Links I Like
I described my body in terms of my illness. My body was only chronic muscle and joint pain. It was 10-plus pain and exhausted. This was when I was bedridden, desperate and my mind was telling me, This is it.…
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i will never be beautiful enough to make us beautiful together by Mira Gonzalez
Emily Bludworth de Barrios reviews mira gonzales’s i will never be beautiful enough to make us beautiful together today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Notable Los Angeles 7/6-7/12
Saturday 7/6: Two-Headed Beast, a story telling show hosted by Jake Weisman and Dave Ross. 8 p.m. at Stories Books and Cafe. Sunday 7/7: Sumarr Reading Series presents Sumarr III. Featuring readings and performances from Kirsty Singer, Chris Muniz, Vanessa…