Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eloise Klein Healy
I am struggling with that issue now as I launch into being poet laureate in Los Angeles. But it’s the same old problem, isn’t it? Just doing the work.
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The Rumpus Interview with Tamas Dobozy
Writer Tamas Dobozy discusses the art of the short story, writing about Hungarian history, and why he still favors being published in literary journals above all else.
Albums of Our Lives: Songs: Ohia’s Magnolia Electric Co.
The news of Jason Molina’s death came to me in a storm. I was about to teach a class when I saw the first posts announcing that he was gone.
The Last Book I Loved: House of Leaves
There is nothing about the act of reading House of Leaves that is passive. This book requires effort.
Swinging Modern Sounds #43: Formative Experiences
Often, I find, the musical experiences that have had the most lasting impact on me were not immediately apparent to me at the time.
Sympathy for the Devils: Review of Crossfire Hurricane
The Rolling Stones, who as a band turned fifty in 2012, have survived almost everybody.
The Rumpus Interview with Jim Gavin
Jim Gavin is a talented writer who allows his stories the room they need to be told. These are stories that are intelligent and quiet and moving, stories that take up time and space in satisfying ways.
All Over Coffee Collaboration with Robert Olen Butler
A beautiful, three-part All Over Coffee from artist Paul Madonna and author Robert Olen Butler.
Deep Throat #2: On Being and Unbeing A Singer
My face burned with rage, with shame, with humiliation. I was failing openly, blatantly, at the one thing I still somehow, in the back of my mind, expected to be perfectly capable of doing after more than a decade’s silence.
“A Secret of the Heart on the Sleeve:” Jason Molina, 1973 – 2013
Now I’m in that rootless void of grieving the loss of someone I never really knew.
On Being Part of the Problem: A Personal Response to the VIDA Report
I’ve done the math and it turns out that I’m part of the problem.