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The Rumpus Interview with Octavio Solis
Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright Octavio Solis sits down for a chat about night terrors, universal storytelling, and finding a home with the Magic Theatre of San Francisco.
HORN! REVIEWS: Tenth of December
Kevin Thomas reviews Tenth of December by George Saunders, Rumpus Comics style:
The Last Book I Loved: I Love Dick
[I]f ever there was a book that should be judged by its cover, it’s this one.
SONGS OF OUR LIVES: JOY DIVISION’S “LOVE WILL TEAR US APART”
She drew cartoon sketches of herself. I sent more mix-tapes. Within a few months, in the middle of a five- or six-page letter, she wrote that she loved me.
The Rumpus Interview with Natalie Dee
Cartoonist Natalie Dee's eponymous website, NatalieDee.Com, has consistently ranked among the most highly trafficked comic sites on the Internet since its debut. Her comic panels are equally hilarious and dark
Holy Orange
Years later, Bombay is still fresh in my mind and in my bones. As a visitor, I was naïve and lost. When I hear bells, I still see statues of Ganesh in a cool, stone temple and smell sandalwood incense.
A Super Bowl Preview for People Who Don’t Know Football (2013 Edition)
If you’ve seen a Super Bowl before, everything you think you hate about the event is probably true and hasn’t changed.
The Last Poems I Loved: The Angel Island Poems
Like Alcatraz, Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay is often shrouded in fog. From 1910 to 1940, the island housed the immigration station and detention center for the West…
The Rumpus Interview with Peter Aguero
Master storyteller and Moth regular Peter Aguero talks about family dysfunction, fighting with hammers, and how not to bomb onstage.