The Rumpus Interview with Catherine Bush
Canadian novelist Catherine Bush discusses the powers—and lives—of accusation, the close relationship between work and character, and the role of the social circus, at home and in the developing world.
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My Eyes Are Watching God
In me there are many houses. In me there are many doors with glittering knobs. Around my waist is a cord full of keys.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #210
AMAZON’S DELIVERY DRONES ★★★★★ (1 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Amazon’s delivery drones.
The Rumpus Holiday Spectacular!
In exactly one week, Join Guernica & The Rumpus & Buzzfeed Book for a HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR!
We'll sing, we'll dance, we'll drink, and last but not least, we'll have a Secret Santa!
Swinging Modern Sounds #52: Chris Abrahams Riffs
There are not so many great bands anymore, not like there once were. But there's still Australian experimental jazz trio the Necks.
The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Bill Ayers
Author Rachel DeWoskin talks with her father-in-law, educator, writer, and activist Bill Ayers, about the private man behind the mythos and demonization of his public persona.
Saturday Book Review: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Lydia Kiesling reviews Donna Tartt's THE GOLDFINCH today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
Songs of Our Lives: Leonard Cohen’s “Famous Blue Raincoat”
Leonard Cohen’s “Famous Blue Raincoat” begins at four in the morning, an hour usually armed with drunken reverie, but occasionally visited on insomniac nights, leaving you with nothing to do but to send search parties into the shadowed rivers of the soul
Fantasy Football for Poets, Week 13
In this column, J. Ryan Stradal examines complex issues of the NFL and brings you original interviews.
Rumpus Holiday Gifts!
Give the gift of The Rumpus this holiday season! We have plenty of holiday gift options, which you can view here!
The Rumpus Interview with Mary Kay Zuravleff
Mary Kay Zuravleff talks about the DNA of the novel, how wordplay and math-thinking have influenced her writing, and the meaning behind "the art of family life is to not take it personally."