Rumpus Originals
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SELF-MADE MAN #15: Everybody Passes
We are all walking through life as if what mattered most were the symbols of our acquisitions and not the fluttering flags of our hearts.
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Readers Report: Sticks and Stones
A collection of short pieces written by Rumpus readers pertaining to the subject of “Sticks and Stones.”
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The Comedian Mayor: The Rumpus Interview with Jón Gnarr
Iceland’s most famous comedian ran for mayor of Reykjavic, and won…
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Claire Bidwell Smith responds to Stephen Elliott’s Letter In The Mail
That house was the first place I felt safe after my mother died. It was the first place where I felt comfortable being the girl I had suddenly become in her absence.
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HEAVY-HANDED: Walgreens
“Sometimes I feel like I’m in some kind of short break between segments of my actual life.”
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The Rumpus Interview with Richard Lloyd Parry
Richard Lloyd Parry, Asia Editor and Tokyo Bureau Chief of The London Times, covered the case of Lucie Blackman as it unfolded and now, a decade later, has published an expanded—and fascinating—account in his second book, People Who Eat Darkness:…
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Living in the Memoir Office
The premise of Daniel Nester’s The Memoir Office is simple. Nester sat in a Troy, New York art gallery, wrote and talked to people who inquired about his exhibit, which was the sitting and writing he was doing there.
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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.
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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.
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An Epilogue to the Unread
Eventually, we will realize that Mom has been feeling unwell for a very long time.
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Sunday Rumpus Serialization: Two Poems
Poet and visual artist David Hernandez interrogates mortality in two new poems:
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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.