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Growing Up: The Rumpus Interview with Michelle Tea
Michelle Tea discusses life in recovery, the meaning of family, motherhood, and her new memoir How to Grow Up.
Yearbook #1: Darcey Steinke
In a new column from Luke Wiget, we meet the high school version of one of our favorite authors.
The Last Book I Loved: Heather Has Two Mommies
"Did everyone but her have a daddy?" Why—at age three—would you weep for a parent you didn't have and had never known? I didn't buy it.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Poem as Whistling Father
Isn't it worth wondering, then, where does a poem take you after it calls you in, calls you from your life into your creative psyche?
Super Hot Prof-on-Student Word Sex: Julia MacDonnell
Julia was one of those “students” whom you suspect, after maybe fifteen seconds, should actually be teaching the class you are currently (allegedly) teaching.
Nick Cave Monday #53: The Sick Bag Song
In a special edition of Nick Cave Monday, Tony DuShane attends a launch event for Cave's new book, The Sick Bag Song.
Rapid Fire
Stanton re-gathered himself, still wearing a smile after being shot in the face, and went back to work.
The Sunday Rumpus Book Review: The Amazing Heft of Wendy Ortiz’s Hollywood Notebook
Wendy Ortiz's writing pushes Lesley Heiser to ask big questions about what makes a war story.
The Saturday Rumpus Review of It Follows
It Follows interrogates its patriarchal ancestry and forges a unique and clever film in the process.
The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show: Nicky Beer
In Episode 10 of The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show, poet Nicky Beer chats about her new collection, The Octopus Game, turning subject matter into art, and how we're all just shape-shifting actors trying to get through the day.
