Ted Wilson Turns Five!
Congratulations and happy anniversary to Ted Wilson, who has been bringing us his reviews of the world for five years today! Here’s a personal message from Rumpus founder Stephen Elliott.
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The Last Book I Loved: The Silent Woman
I had recently broken all of my wine glasses. I did not break them all at the same time. Some I broke while cleaning, and I was upset that I had managed to destroy something while trying to make it clean, make it better.
The Rumpus Weekly Review of Books
We make a case against David Mitchell's new novel, update the Indian American immigrant story, and interview a queer renaissance woman—all in Rumpus Books.
Men With Women; Women With Men: Fight Club, 15 Years Later
Fight Club was never a fairytale. It’s a painful howl into a night that probably isn’t listening and that is more a cry of pain than a drive to hurt.
The Rumpus Interview with Owen Pallett
Canadian musician Owen Pallett talks Tori Amos, perfectionism, percussion, and dark head spaces with Erin Lyndal Martin.
The Rumpus Interview with Ariel Schrag
Screenwriter and comic book artist Ariel Schrag discusses writing for different media, identity politics, and sympathizing with a straight male teen pretending to be trans in her new novel Adam.
Ungumming the Keys
On the cusp of my 30th birthday and just days before the birth of our second child, I decide to do the practical thing and purchase a pair of nonfunctioning typewriters.
Repetition
I have long been more comfortable with questions than answers. I like a storyline that is left open as opposed to one that ties up neatly.
FUNNY WOMEN #121: I Sold My Software Company and Now I’m into Art
Building a really successful, incredibly efficient metadata-driven software company that changes the way we think and feel about metadata and making art are not that different.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Poet’s Journey: Conclusion
As a poet, you seek to blend your imagination with what you are both witnessing and imagining: "The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person."
TED WILSON REVIEWS THE WORLD #248 and #249 (Double Feature)
A special double feature review from reviewer of everything in the world, Ted Wilson!