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THE LAST BOOK I LOVED: WONDER BOYS BY MICHAEL CHABON

Michael Chabon's career is often the work of a writer hell-bent on destroying the line between "literary" and "genre," and his most famous work is an epic adventure novel about comic-book creators.

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The Language of Desire

The alchemy of desire is much harder to master, its falls more tragic. And yet our language for it is maddeningly woolly. The great poets have striven for clarity here but most of us are doomed

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The average Netflix subscriber streams 87 minutes of video a day—four episodes of a half-hour comedy. We don’t just binge because it’s something to do and we’ve got time to kill. There is something deeper going on.

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The Rumpus Interview with Fiona Maazel

Writer Fiona Maazel talks about her love for the "sad, lonely, self-loathing guy," the appeal of cults, setting her latest novel in the wildly divergent worlds of North Korea and Cincinnati, and her current fascination with neuroprosthetics.

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Let Nothing Ye Dismay or The Eternal Self-Hatred of the Abused Child’s Mind

He was prone to declarations of position on matters that mattered to him, and religion was no exception.

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The Rumpus Interview with Chad Harbach

Chad Harbach sits down to talk about MFA vs NYC and its ongoing debate, co-founding the literary magazine n+1, and the intuitive process behind looking at your own work.

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Visitor

Sometimes I imagine a visitor from outer space stepping into my body and mind.

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The Rumpus Interview with Rachel Urquhart

Writer Rachel Urquhart discusses her novel The Visionist, the complex nature of Shaker society, the use of restraint when writing about violence, and what it means to "write like a man."

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FUNNY WOMEN #114: M.A.S.H for Adults

Since you already live in a shack, scratch out “S.” It would be nice to move on to bigger, or at least better, things. But also scratch out “M” -- you’re an adult now, and it’s time to adjust your expectations.

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The Rumpus Interview with Efrim Menuck

Efrim Menuck, the Canadian musician behind Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra La La Band and Godspeed You! Black Emperor, talks about music journalism, writing grooves, anarchy, and the apocalypse.

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