Six Things Men Over Thirty Shouldn’t Do Near Women Under Twenty-Five
The long-door-hold seems to say, “I want to fuck you, look how nice I am, I’m just being a really nice guy is all.”
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Swinging Modern Sounds #45: The Distribution Problem, Part One
Rick Moody talks with Frank Zappa's widow, Gail, about her new idea to license distribution rights of an unreleased project to Zappa fans.
I Did Not Vanish: On Writing
But writing poems allows me mastery over a miniature universe. For those moments or hours, I am God of my kingdom. No one tells me how things go. No one can argue against me when I’m writing poems. When I am writing, I get to speak.
Super Hot Prof-on-Student Word Sex: Peter Stenson
Just like that, I knew I’d been bamboozled. Stenson could write. The rest of the story sailed past and I found hardly a single occasion to complain, which is, for Super Hot Profs, a legitimate cause for despair.
An Oyster Named Dan
In the following story, excerpted from Lucky Peach, one man meets a very special oyster, and together they embark on a fateful homeward journey.
The Big Idea: Eve Ensler
Writer, journalist, activist, and lifelong feminist Eve Ensler talks with Suzanne Koven and explores the body's relationship to the desecration of the earth, the importance of listening to the "real" in ourselves, and how it feels to be known as "the woman who wrote The Vagina Monologues."
FUNNY WOMEN #102: How to Read a Poem
One misconception people have about poetry is that it is written in “code,” one they aren’t smart enough to understand. In fact, if you do not comprehend a poem, you may return it.
Speech Therapy
They told my father three hours. Ideally, she would have needed to get to the hospital within three hours for the best chance of recovery from the stroke.
The Rumpus Interview with Elliott Holt
Writer and Rumpus contributor Elliott Holt sits down to discuss her debut novel, You Are One of Them, her preoccupation with secrets, and working in 1990s Moscow during Russia's economic transition.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #186
MY NEW COLOGNE ★★★★★ (1 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing my new cologne.
In Case of Emergency
I wanted to hide and quiet my mind by drowning it in alcohol, and I wanted a familiar place to do it. Much like my job, however, I had returned to something that no longer existed.