Coming Out, Again and Again, in 27 Easy Steps
1. Pretend it’s okay that your birth certificate labels you as female. You know perfectly well you’re not.
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The Rumpus Interview with Victoria Chang
Poet Victoria Chang talks about the process behind writing her newest collection, The Boss, what it's like to balance a nine-to-five office job with your craft, and intimidatingly good-looking crowds at small-press poetry readings.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #200
NOTHING ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing nothing.
Detroit: America’s Ciudad Juárez
Even before there was a war in Ciudad Juárez, I remember that Juárez had the feel of a war zone. It wasn’t until I visited Detroit for the first time that I rediscovered this feeling all over again.
The Sunday Rumpus Book Review: The Color Master by Aimee Bender
With her return to the short story form, renowned surrealist writer Aimee Bender "takes the fairytale, the fable, the myth, and renders them for a modern audience."
826 VALENCIA DAYS
The school year has begun, and this essay from Tom Kealey illustrates an afternoon-in-the-life of a volunteer at the San Francisco tutoring center 826 Valencia
The Rumpus Interview with Adelle Waldman
Adelle Waldman talks to us about how to write "a convincing book about the inner life of a self-consciously intellectual male," tackling the New York literary world in fiction, and love affairs with Brooklyn.
On Living Apart Together
Can we make a lasting love that won’t offer the luxury of ignoring one another, as cohabitating couples can? Can we settle down together, apart?
The Rumpus Interview with Gregory Rabassa
Responsible for introducing American readers to One Hundred Years of Solitude and a large portion of the Latin American literary canon, award-winning translator Gregory Rabassa discusses the state of translation today and much more.
Swinging Modern Sounds #48: Trying Not to Stare at the Sun
Rick Moody talks to novelist and musician Wesley Stace about his career-defining, game-changing new album Self-Titled.
Fantasy Football For Poets: Week 3
Why wouldn't we have a fantasy football column on a literary website?