Surf Guru Notes, #1
Independence Night I started reading Doug Dorst’s story collection Sunday, July 4th, as fireworks, invisible from my bedroom’s window, broke the night’s silence. Sweating through a s’more-stained tee shirt, I…
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #22: Nicholas Rombes in Conversation with Alex Smith
Alex Smith lives in New York City, where he works as a homepage editor at MSN and as a freelance contributor for the New Yorker. During the interview, Alex drank…
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #21: Dave Doyle in Conversation with Ronnie Lucero
Ronnie Lucero and I work together at Nelson’s Meats, a small, independently owned meat market in Albuquerque’s South Valley. He is what used to be called a ‘butcher.’ Nowadays they…
A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column #28: The Toss-Up Talcum Chronicle
Much ado about LeBron James, Haruki Murakami, free agency, and home.
The Rumpus Book Club, Where I Live #10: Frances M. Lopez
I leaped out of bed and ran to the front door. With a rush of urgency, I pulled the door open and saw nothing. Not a single thing. I could…
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #20: Martha Burzynski in Conversation with Michaela Drapes
Michaela Drapes and Shannon Robertson write the irreverent knitting blog Yarneteria. They create bespoke hand knit garments and accessories for discerning gentlemen at Kindling and Tinder where they believe you should…
The Rumpus Book Club, Where I Live #9: Alyce Connolly
I live on an intentional community in Middlesex, New York – about an hour south of Rochester, near Canandaigua Lake. While I haven’t been here long, and don’t know how…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #43
I-PHONE 4 ★★★★★ (1 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the I-phone 4.
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The Rumpus Book Club, Where I Live #8: Kim Locke
My name is Kim Locke and I live in the suburban commuter metropolis of Brampton, Ontario, Canada.
Horn! reviews Citrus County
Rumpus Book Club member Kevin Thomas took us up on our offer to review last month’s book club selection, Citrus County. But he decided to do his review as a…
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #19: Karen Duffin in Conversation with Laura Stevens
Laura Stevens has great hair. The best hair in the room, 94.3% of the time. It makes me jealous. She is the only non-adopted child of her parents’ six children. …