Rumpus Originals
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The Rumpus Illustrated Interview with Megan Amram
Comedy writer and Twitter phenomenon Megan Amram talks time-travel, Jewish movie agents, and her new book Science . . . For Her!
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Coyotes and Roses
I was a man and when the time came for my shot, I pulled the trigger and painted the prairie with coyote blood. Glenn was right. Being eaten while alive was unacceptable; the coyotes had to die.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: To Be a Brony
Today, largely by chance, a television show that was created to empower a new generation of young girls has become a beacon of strength for a community of grown men.
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HORN! REVIEWS: Against Football
It’s Ronald Reagan’s dream: A taxpayer-funded monopoly run by a bunch of assholes.
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Sound & Vision: Shannon Conley
Hard-rocking artist Shannon Conley talks to Allyson McCabe about the exceptional more-than-a-tribute band Lez Zeppelin, her unconventional upbringing by Hindu Baptists, and her role as Yitzhak in Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
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Spotlight: Lauren Haldeman’s “Jealous”
“Jealous” is based on a poem from Lauren Haldeman’s most recent poetry collection, Calenday.
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Life In a Box
The Niemyers’s experiment is part family adventure, part exercise in extreme minimalism, and part matter of convenience.
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Paper Trumpets #18: Mia Cave
Sometimes you don’t see the full potential of an image until you cut it away from its original context.
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The Rumpus Interview with Kenny Porpora
Kenny Porpora discusses his memoir The Autumn Balloon, addiction and alcoholism, writing truthfully about his mother, falling asleep at Burger King with his laptop while drafting, and how he finally found his personal writing style.
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FUNNY WOMEN #125: My Almost Valentine
Also, when I said I don’t like Mexican food, I only meant that I dislike the way it tastes in my mouth and the way I feel after consuming it.
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Why Jihadists Love Postmodern Poetry
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire returns with a powerful take on fascism and violence and postmodernism.
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TED WILSON REVIEWS THE WORLD #270
THE PUPPY BOWL ★★★★★ Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing The Puppy Bowl.