Pacazo by Roy Kesey – Review
Josh Anastasia responds to January’s Rumpus Book Club Selection: Pacazo is a story about a man coming to terms with the murder of his wife and how to move on…
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The Last Book I Loved: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Aimee Bender is nothing if not a master of alluring premises. She’s made a name for herself as a virtuoso of “magical realism,” but this distinction doesn’t quite capture her…
Hinting at Meaning: Friday Book Club Round-Up
We’ve compiled links to footage of several interviews with Jim Shepard, whose You Think That’s Bad is our February Book Club pick. Truthdig has posted an excerpt of Andrew Foster…
A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column #34: From Dallas to Eternity
The Pittsburgh Steelers are headed to the Super Bowl yet again. It’s their third trip to the championship game in six years, despite a season shadowed by controversy. During the…
Art Edwards: The Last Book I Loved, Infinite Jest
I bought Infinite Jest in April of 2010 because we needed a book to press flowers. My wife and I were in Austin, Texas, and we were off to the park…
“LaVena Johnson to Sarah Palin,” A Rumpus Original Poem
In Iraq, in the summer of 2005, 19 year old US Army Private LaVena Johnson was found dead and mutilated in a tent belonging to military contractors KBR. The Army,…
FUNNY WOMEN #44: Family Jeopardy
The Koslowskis, Air Date: January 25, 2011 Alex Trebek: Before we begin, I’d like to introduce our contestants. First, we have James Koslowski, a 24-year-old University of Texas graduate who moved…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #71
THE INTERNET ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the Internet.
The Last Book I Loved: Smonk
The last book I loved has a character with the same name as me. In Tom Franklin’s Smonk, a section titled “The Tale of Snowden Wright” describes its titular character, a…
Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Nick Flynn
Flynn and I discussed his approach to writing the memoirs—as well as the advantages of having Protestant parents—over coffee in the West Village.
Funny Women Around the Web: Jenny Hagel
Jenny Hagel, the filmmaker/comdienne who made the Feminist Rapper webseries (see below), released a new short comedy film online this week. “Tech support” is about a woman who falls in…
The Trick of Thinking Through Infinity: Book Club Round-Up
I remember/ the trick of thinking through infinity, a crowd of eyes/ against an asphalt wall, writes Timothy Donnelly in his poem “The Cloud Corporation.” If you haven’t had the…