The Rumpus Interview with Cynthia Cruz
Her poems were spare, fierce, dark little packages that managed to feel both mystical—almost like fairytales—and contemporary with their references to drugs and Greyhound stations.
Rumpus Originals
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #148
ARNOLD THE SQUIRREL ★★★★★ (2 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Arnold the squirrel.
An Epilogue to the Unread
Eventually, we will realize that Mom has been feeling unwell for a very long time.
Sunday Rumpus Serialization: Two Poems
Poet and visual artist David Hernandez interrogates mortality in two new poems:
SATURDAY HISTORY LESSON: Hans Christian Anderson as Charles Dickens’ Houseguest
Though ideally it’s always mutual, as in any romance, a friendship can suffer from an imbalance of commitment.
On Eminem as an Essayist
I want to say that I am talking and thinking and writing about Eminem lately because he’s released another album, and it’s blowing my fucking mind, but that isn’t it.…
THE WEEK IN GREED #11: The Ayn Rand Program
I know I’m supposed to write about Paul Ryan, because he’s the new media brand, but I’m having trouble getting the guys in the Give-A-Shit Department on board.
The Rumpus Interview with Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola hardly needs an introduction.
The Last City I Loved: Dublin
When an Irish person up and leaves for the United States, oftentimes the party thrown in their honor is referred to as an American Wake.
An American Problem: The Shooting of Mollie Olgin and Mary Kristene Chapa
From about the time I was 13 until I graduated high school, I had bullies.
The Rumpus Interview With Joel Stein
At age 27, Joel Stein was hired by Time magazine as a staff writer. In many ways, Stein quickly turned the decades-old publication — revered, traditional, dry — on its…