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“Thousands are gathered outside the interior ministry…” a Rumpus Original Poem by Dora Malech

“Thousands are gathered outside the interior ministry…” Bloody lullabies soothe the centuries. Can’t see the cradles for the tops of trees but you know the rest: you can’t rest, poor…

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COMIQUES:
Get Yerself Organized

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Swinging Modern Sounds #34: Excesses of Penis

The early, formative period of rock and roll criticism produced three great and indelible voices, three voices that have gone on to influence every writer who has written about popular…

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TRUTH SERUM:
Colors (Part 3)

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The Rumpus Interview with Luke Rathborne

Maine-born, Brookyln-based musician Luke Rathborne is still in his early 20s, but he is already off to a promising start. Rathborne has opened for the Strokes and played with Devendra…

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Adventures in the Narrative

Lawrence Weschler’s collection of essays, Uncanny Valley, compiles some his best essays with the same perspective that he brings to each essay – an impulse to find the subtle convergences…

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Mario Vargas Llosa and the Sort of Book You’d Sacrifice a Sandal For

A few months ago my wife and I spent a day on Isla Colon—one of Panama’s Bocas del Toro islands in the Caribbean—where three different men asked if I wanted…

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The Rumpus Interview with Christopher Goffard

Wherever he went, the man of God carried his shotgun… Christopher Goffard’s You Will See Fire is a tense and harrowing look at the life and mysterious death – of…

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A Super Bowl Preview For People Who Don’t Know Football (2012 Edition)

If Hollywood could cast the Super Bowl teams, it wouldn’t choose most of the guys who make up the New England Patriots and the New York Giants. It also couldn’t…

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The Rumpus Review of Pina

When I saw Wim Wenders introduce his latest film, Pina – a majestic remembrance and celebration of the late German choreographer, Pina Bausch – he remarked that he was the…

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