Anthony Trollope’s Controversial American Christmas
Trollope cheerfully turned up and enjoyed and a convivial dinner in the company of men who, that very morning, had been deciding whether to go to war with his country.
Rumpus Originals
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Mac and Me
The last time I'd been to my father's grave was the previous winter, for the dedication ceremony for his headstone. The wind gusted, bone-cold, and I didn't stay long. I wondered if Dad brokered a deal with God to make the weather unpleasant just to get back at me.
States of Mystery
The solution is that there is no good answer. There are no rules. A family member is lost. Friends disappear.
2014, THE YEAR IN REVIEW
★★★★★ Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing 2014.
The Rumpus Interview with Robert Boswell
Robert Boswell talks about his new novel, Tumbledown, mental illness and counseling, and writing a novel in an unreliable but omniscient voice.
The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Frances and Emmet Find the Yes
I first discovered Russell and Lillian Hoban’s heroine Frances the Badger when I was five.
The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Falling For The Femme Fatale
If power is going to shift toward equality, men have to see power less as an inherent right and more as something we can be incentivized to relinquish.
The Last Book I Loved: Seven Nights
About a month ago, I found Seven Nights in a moving box. I sat down on the basement floor, started reading, and got flung back to that amazing train ride from Chicago to Houston.
The Rumpus Interview with Frederick Barthelme
Frederick Barthelme talks about his new novel, There Must Be Some Mistake, life after teaching, and why food from the Olive Garden is “execrable in the best possible way.”
The Rumpus Interview with Edward Hirsch
Dean Rader talks with Edward Hirsch about his new book Gabriel, the pain of losing a child, and the challenges of writing grief.
Make/Work Episode 24: Artist Roundtable
In episode 24 of The Rumpus's Make/Work podcast, Scott Pinkmountain hosts a conversation between four artists about labor power, the difference between honesty and truth in art, and public vs. private practices.
