THE LONELY VOICE #5, The Rumpus Short Story Column: We Are All Lizzie Borden
This happens sometimes. I got murder on the brain this morning.
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A FAN’S NOTES: The Fantasy League
Did you hear about Jack Kerouac’s fantasy baseball habit? Even if you don’t care much for the Beats, it’s still pretty amazing to read about how Kerouac invented his own…
BitchCraft: Undone
I am in love! Obviously, it’s lust really. Infatuation. Isn’t it always at this stage in the game? Love comes lately if the bastard ever shows at all – even…
A Faithful Grope in the Dark
Are marketing departments running the major publishing houses? Do editors and agents know what they're doing? Are small presses the future of literature? Is everything a crapshoot? What's a first-time novelist to do?
“On Some Early Modern Artifacts” by Zach Savich
The line you know best / Represents sadness. / That is your birthline.
THE RUMPUS ADVICE COLUMN: “Under what circumstances is it appropriate for a woman to pick a fight with a guy?”
My unofficial answer would be aim well.
The Last Book I Loved: City of Thieves
The last book I loved is CITY OF THIEVES by David Benioff. I loved it for a simple, yet powerful reason: it transported me. I was on a 15.5 hour…
THE LONELY VOICE #4: John Edgar Wideman Confronts
Some stories cut so close you can only tell them in shards.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #1: The Gregory Brothers
The Gregory Brothers, a Brooklyn-based quartet, remix speeches and news clips using an audio processor called Auto-Tune to create catchy musical news mash-ups that Rachel Maddow dubs “newsicals.” By auto-tuning the…