Rumpus Originals
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Held Together By Sinews
Kinsella describes; he does not prescribe. He rests less comfortably in his retreat than Thoreau and without the surety that he lives an exemplary life.
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The Rumpus Interview with Elif Batuman
Elif Batuman’s The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them combines genres to tell stories about Batuman’s adventures as a graduate student.
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The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Cheryl Strayed
The Rumpus Book Club talks with Cheryl Strayed about Wild, finding forgiveness through writing, Sugar, being photoshopped, and more.
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On Paula Deen, or Why Putting This Essay Online Guarantees I Will Not Qualify For Private Health Insurance In My State
I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2011. I had a routine physical, I got my bloodwork results in the mail, I knew what to look for.
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A History of Potential
In his new history of the experimental writing movement, Oulipo, Many Subtle Channels, Daniel Levin Becker goes where few have gone.
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The Rumpus Interview with John Jeremiah Sullivan
I am trying to charm the reader because I want him and her to come with me deeper into the piece. If you can bring them with you there, things get more interesting.
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #133
THE HUMAN TONGUE ★★★★★ (2 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the human tongue.
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From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant
Alex Gilvarry’s debut novel throws us into a complex world of a young Filipino immigrant who is unexpectedly detained by Homeland Security.
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WELCOME TO THE TEN-IN-ONE: The Blow-Off
What is the Ten-in-One? Just what it sounds like. Ten acts under one tent, for one low, low price. A common configuration of the carnival sideshow. So it’s ten comics, one for each act. An extraordinary collection of freakish curiosities.…
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The Comics Journal: Cyclical/Stale N Mate/Let’s Fucking Party/Cheek Up’s
All right, let’s take the elephant in the room and fly that fucker around like Dumbo: These are self-published, arty alternative comics written and drawn by an actor whose movies have grossed just shy of five billion dollars worldwide.