Fantasy Football For Poets: Week 9
“Okay, what would your children want me to do?” asked head trainer Paul Sparling. “Take care of daddy?”
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“This Is Just To Say I’m a Zombie” by David Hernandez
Happy Halloween from Rumpus Poetry, where we're pleased to offer you this take on William Carlos Williams's "This is just to say" by David Hernandez.
The Rumpus Interview with Katy Butler
Journalist Katy Butler discusses her memoir, Knocking on Heaven's Door: A Path to a Better Way of Death, why medicine and technology often cloud the larger issues of dying, and how we should contemplate the end of our lives.
HEAVY-HANDED: Shooting Star
Whenever I see a shooting star I think I have to make a wish but the first thing I think is always, "I wish I were dead!"
A Stabbing in Finsbury Park
What I’m interested in is: How do you write what you weren’t allowed to know about what you know? How do you write what nobody wants to know about what you know?
The Rumpus Interview with Aimee Bender
The luminous Aimee Bender talks about writing short stories, the importance of liking and defending your characters, and relying on the unconscious instead of intention.
Hand-Operated Shearing Instruments
There are a lot of performance issues when it comes to scissoring. Everyone’s tried it, at least once. This is what I tell people when I have this conversation after two or three beers. It’s a lesbian rite of passage.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #205
FLAMETHROWERS ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing flamethrowers.
The Country Outside Us
In Ireland, I fell in love easily and often. On the bus from Galway to Dublin; in a smoky, centuries-old pub; on a Donegal beach, my hair wet with rain.
The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Veronica’s Teeth
"...people like us made our own destruction. We suicide-bombed our own lives."
Saturday Rumpus Comic: Unpeeling
I placed my nose on your left shoulder and my eyes instantly welled up with tears.