Little Reptiles and How to Draw a Hamster
In a new artistic video by Amanda Joy, Surf Guru author Doug Dorst reads his story “Little Reptiles,” and creepy crawlies start to come out of the woodworks (well, background).…
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club with Timothy Donnelly
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club talks with Timothy Donnelly about his poetry collection, The Cloud Corporation.
The Eyeball #36: BRAKHAGE!!!
I taught another session of my Experimental Films as Writing Prompts class at Hugo House last night. This one we looked at some films by Stan Brakhage. At the outset…
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #54: The Lusty Broad
The question is how would your life be transformed if you chose to love this time for once with all your intelligence?
The Rumpus Interview with Quest for Kindness
Quest for Kindness seemed, to me, like career suicide, but in a warm and self-sacrificing way.
FUNNY WOMEN #35: A Southern Mad Lib
Insert your own words in the spaces below to make a wacky story!
Rumpus Women or a roast beef sandwich? Now you don’t have to choose.
We just received copies of our November Rumpus Book Club selection (and the first-ever publication from Rumpus Paper Internets): Rumpus Women Volume I: Personal Essays by Women edited by Julie…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #57
MY COUCH ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing my couch.
In a Strange Room
Today, in Book Review, John Wilwol reviews Damon Galgut’s latest novel, In a Strange Room.
The Eyeball #35: Un Chien Andalou
I’m teaching a class at Richard Hugo House in which we look at experimental films as writing prompts. I’ve always wanted to teach a film class, and marrying writing exercises…
Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Stephen Elliott
“We all think we’re retaliating,” Elliott writes. “We all think our actions are justified by someone else’s actions. But actually we’re responsible for what we do.”
Rumpus Book Club Round-Up: Breaking Up and Getting Back Together
The Rumpus got busy reviewing its own book club picks this week, with Kevin Thomas’s comic review of Lan Samantha Chang‘s All is Forgotten, Nothing is Lost and book club…