The Rumpus Discussion of Nymphomaniac
[Lars von Trier is] a black hole in the middle of his cinematic universe, and sooner or later he's going to suck everything right into himself.
Rumpus Originals
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The Rumpus Interview with Julian Tepper
Writer and musician Julian Tepper talks about his first novel Balls, the social stigmas surrounding illness, the appeal of lounge jazz pianists, and the imaginary boredom of Philip Roth.
Spotlight: Nick Francis Potter
"Conrad Dillinger's Inevitable Death," from artist and writer Nick Francis Potter
Shift: On Richard Serra and Art as Therapy
The problem with art is not so much that people don’t know what to think about it, but that they’re afraid what they’re feeling is the wrong thing.
The Rumpus Interview with Enver Gjokaj
With an identical twin brother, a name that looks like a poorly constructed anagram, and an amazing talent for embodying different personas, there are a lot of reasons to believe Enver Gjokaj is not a real person.
After the Fall
I've never been clear on the nature of the injury to the brain. Something so fragile, I like to think of it as shattering like glass.
The Rumpus Interview with Annalee Newitz
Annalee Newitz, editor-in-chief of io9.com and author of Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive A Mass Extinction, discusses the state of the planet, long-term planning, and the admirable survival instincts of the Lystrosaurus.
The Last Poem I Loved: “Separation” by W. S. Merwin
“Separation” expresses the paradoxical intersection of the instantaneous and the enduring.
Super Hot Prof-on-Student Word Sex: Antonia Crane, The Dirty Dozenth
And this is precisely why I was so entirely blown away by Antonia Crane’s new memoir, Spent, which chronicles her dark and twisted path through the above horrors with remarkable elegance and restraint.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #233
GODZILLA ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Godzilla.
