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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #85: We Call This a Clusterfuck
I don’t know if your friendship is built to last a lifetime, but I know the game is worth the candle.
The Children of At Risk
Winner of the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, Amina Gautier’s At-Risk tells the stories of teenagers who, for many reasons, are at risk.
The Rumpus Interview with Co-writers and Friends Sheila Heti and Misha Glouberman
Years ago, author and artist Sheila Heti conceived of a project called The Moral Development of Misha, a novel about friend and collaborator Misha Glouberman.
Army Cats by Tom Sleigh
This collection has made me want to slink myself, like a cat, into literature, rub up against history and relish its connection to human curiosity.
The Rumpus Interview with Oakland Artist Ise Lyfe
The recent controversy between Ise Lyfe and the white Oakland rapper V-Nasty using the N-word in her songs has sparked much debate
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Aracelis Girmay
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Aracelis Girmay about her poetry collection, Kingdom Animalia.
A Tall Tale Too True
Set in the 1840s Midwest, Kris Saknussemm’s second novel, Enigmatic Pilot, delivers unexpected characters in a surreal interpretation of American history.
Swinging Modern Sounds #31: Reunion Fever
Like other people who once had a childhood, I sometimes give in to fits of longing for the music I cared most about when young. In particular, I give in…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #102
SOCKS ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing socks.