Counting Bodies
The violences that women fear and the violences that women carry are violences of objectification, of involuntary disembodiment. The transformation of a human into a thing.
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The Rumpus Interview with T.C. Boyle
T.C. Boyle, who has now written over twenty books, talks to The Rumpus about his most recent short story collection, four decades of cooking up high-grade literary tales, the importance of performance during readings, and life at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #207
ACORNS ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing acorns.
The Game Could Wait
Having a child carves you out. Stories like this line the walls inside, and keep you up wondering why, how, what the fuck is exactly happening here?
The Rumpus Interview with Masha Hamilton
Journalist and novelist Masha Hamilton sits down with Maud Newton to discuss the influences behind her latest book, What Changes Everything, the intricacies of writing about conflict, and how her work in war zones has helped shape her fiction.
The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Happy Birthday
I was in the bathroom of a CVS with my best friend, Kaitlyn, when I first discovered I was pregnant.
HORN! REVIEWS: Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World that Made Him
While Richard's genius seems to have come from nowhere, this book unearths a century of American tradition that midwifed it.
Songs of Our Lives: Rahsaan Roland Kirk’s “The Inflated Tear”
I decided that I had to write a book about him. I would track down everyone who knew him while they were still alive, I would collect their stories of him in the hopes of preserving Rashaan’s legacy.
The Rumpus Interview with Royal Young
Journalist Royal Young talks about his recent memoir, his past immersion in fame culture, and why our need to live publicly is often grounded in addictive behavior.