Rumpus Originals
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Albums of Our Lives: Nirvana’s Nevermind
“I miss you; I’m not gonna crack” I was 14 and following older kids through the woods.
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All Naked, All The Time: Gertrude Stein and John Cassavetes
What is emotionally naked art and why do I think I have to describe the films of John Cassavetes, particularly A Woman Under the Influence, and Gertrude Stein’s Three Lives, particularly “Melanctha,” that way?
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Readers Report: Right Place, Wrong Time
A collection of short pieces written by Rumpus readers pertaining to the subject of “Right Place, Wrong Time.” Edited by Susan Clements.
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Once I Was: Meghan O’Rourke’s Once and All the Reasons I Am and Am Not Her
Rumpus Poetry Club Board Member Gabrielle Calvocoressi on why she chose Meghan O’Rourke’s second book of poems, Once, as the September selection of The Rumpus Poetry Book Club:
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Our Conversations Cold-Pressed
Danielle Cadena Deulen has assembled a collection that deftly maneuvers through dew-formed natural worlds, myths, and histories gone wrong to create a poetry collection that I found hypnotic and, at times, laced with violence and impending doom.
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The Rumpus Interview with Steve Koester of Two Dark Birds
A few years ago Steve Koester, the frontman of the band Two Dark Birds, cut a considerable amount of static out of his life, started spending more time with his wife and daughter and thousands of trees, and wrote and…
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Rubbish and Blazing Light
Set in contemporary Mumbai, Aravind Adiga’s second novel, Last Man in Tower, focuses on Yogesh Murthy, the man who wants nothing, and the community who doesn’t understand him.
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The Transience of Identity: The Rumpus Interview with Vanessa Veselka
Vanessa Veselka discusses her debut novel, Zazen, author bios, Buddhism, identity politics, and burning symbols.