Blogs
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FUNNY WOMEN #2: A Play About Post-Racial America in Seven Acts
(or Seven Things White People Have Really Said to Me Since November 4, 2008)
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A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column #15: The Belgian Chocolate Training Regimen
The U.S. Open tennis tournament came to a close Monday night when a very tall Argentine with many, many names beat the heavily favored Roger Federer in a marathon five-set match.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #14: Nine Thousand Words On The Size Queens
The following is a record review in dialogue form conducted between this columnist and Michael Snediker (with whom I corresponded about Antony and the Johnsons a couple months back), the poet and literary critic. We were shooting for ten thousand…
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The Eyeball #28: Movie Binge
My family was recently out of town for a five days, leaving me home alone with over 800 pages (no exaggeration) of student work to read and comment upon. My reward for getting through a day of writing about free…
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The Revolution Has Begun
Dear writers and readers, Finally! The inaugural post for the new Rumpus column Funny Women can be read here. This is just the beginning. You, the writers and readers, will be generating the content each week. I’ll keep the Funny…
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FUNNY WOMEN #1: The New Rumpus Humor Column: I Am Sorry That I Didn’t Write a Comedy Piece
I guess it’s time for me to get serious about writing this comedy piece. Emoticon.
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Mourning the Book
I expected to feel a sense of accomplishment when I finished Wallace Stegner’s “Angle of Repose,” but instead I felt lost, grief-stricken. It was a mixture of sadness for the main character and a fear that I might yet ruin…
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A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column #14: Tailgating with Jesus
Lately, for my own edification and in preparation for the upcoming NFL season, I’ve been reading through the King James Bible.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #22
Crazily enough, darling, I think you’re doing what you need to do.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #13: On Loops
These lines depend on your having a working knowledge of the New York City suburbs.
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Funny Women Submission Guidelines
Dear Writers, So, you’ve decided you’re a woman or gender non-conforming writer and would like to submit to Funny Women. Out of all decisions, this is the best one you can make. Submit: Direct your entry to our Rumpus submission manager…
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #21
Do you trust this guy enough to level with him about your concerns?