ALBUMS OF OUR LIVES: TO THE EXTREME BY VANILLA ICE
We all had braces. When we smiled or laughed, we flashed steel and colored rubber bands. We shared a language.
Rumpus Originals
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Columbine, Virginia Tech, Fort Hood, Tucson, Aurora, Newtown: An Etiology
“Guns are not simply tools or commodities; they are instruments of social power."
Notes for a Twenty-Something’s Memoir
You tell yourself to get as far from your mother and the suburbs as possible. You vow to embrace slutdom in college and not to wear underwear.
The Rumpus Interview with Matthew Salesses
Writer and Rumpus contributor Matthew Salesses discusses the form of flash fiction, the selective nature of adoption narratives, and how to confront fears of parenting.
Reelings #4: SPRING BREAKERS
I grew up in Hawaii, so I have no concept of going away on “spring break”, but Harmony Korine has clearly schooled me in what I seemed to not have…
FUNNY WOMEN #98: Classic Novels Rejected by Modern Publishing Houses
How about adding a scene where Elizabeth Bennet accidentally places the winning bid on Mr. Darcy during a charity bachelor auction?
OG DAD #19: The Scream
It’s no secret, the amount of crying you have to listen to when you have a baby is astronomical. Before this, my exposure to crying females was pretty much limited…
Firecracker
I heard the percussion first, the dong-chiang, dong-dong-chiang of the drums and cymbals that accompanied the lion dance. The rhythms reverberated in the body and drowned out the traffic around…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #176
WHALES ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing whales.
The Rumpus Interview with Jennifer Cody Epstein
Novelist Jennifer Cody Epstein discusses her new book, The Gods of Heavenly Punishment, and explores representations of morality, how to address public acts of political violence, and the ramifications of war.
The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Totally Hosed
"In that instant, I believed I had killed him. And that my life, as I’d known it, had just ended."