Blogs
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September’s Rumpus Book Club Selection
The Rumpus Book Club is closing out summer and welcoming the fall with advanced copies of Show Up, Look Good, our highly-anticipated September selection. Written by Mark Wisniewski and published by Gival Press, this novel has been reaping in a…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #101
PURPLE NURPLES ★★★★★ (2 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing purple nurples.
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #100
MY WIFE’S FUNERAL ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing my wife’s funeral.
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The Last Poem I Loved: “The Crowds Cheered as Gloom Galloped Away” by Matthea Harvey
Matthea Harvey’s “The Crowds Cheered As Gloom Galloped Away” resides in her second full-length collection, the wonderfully-titled Sad Little Breathing Machine. It is a poem about ponies, sadness, and the inversion of cognitive behavioral therapy. It is a poem about…
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #83: The Major Notes
We sing the song of parenthood in only the major notes. Were you there? Did you love full-throttle?
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Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Mike Albo
I’ve been living in NYC for years so I am cautiously optimistic about everything.
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FUNNY WOMEN #62: Call It What It Is
I go to the League For Undocumented Students. I have an appointment to see one of their counselors.
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David S. Atkinson: A Book Club Member Reviews Luminarium
When I read the inside cover, I did not think I was really going to enjoy reading Luminarium. The summary made the book sound like something Robert Lundlum would write after he’d downed a few mescaline caps, despite what was…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #99
EYEBALLS ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing eyeballs.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #46: Dane Golden in Conversation with Alan Paul
Beijing was changing under his feet, and expatriate Alan Paul was changing, too. A transplanted suburban dad, he was a “trailing spouse” who followed his wife on her promotion and relocation from New Jersey to Beijing. A writer used to…
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Robert Stubblefield: The Last Book I Loved, Cash
You can never know too much about Johnny Cash, one of the few icons who stands up to repeated listenings, readings, late-night and early morning considerations. You come home from a bad night out, a great night out, sort through…
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #82: The God of Doing it Anyway
I’m here not only to give you permission, but also to say that you must. There is no other way.