Rumpus Originals
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Meanwhile, Musicians (Thao & Mirah on tour)
Wendy MacNaughton illustrates the life of touring musicians. …more
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The Dead Man’s Back Arches
The collection works as poetic biography and Whitmanesque dialogue, and this approach and its repetitions become irresistibly hypnotic.
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Albums of Our Lives: Gillian Welch’s Time (The Revelator)
I knew I was a pretender, too, knew it in all the ways a twenty-six-year-old can believe that she is broken and that nobody else can see how badly.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #82: The God of Doing it Anyway
I’m here not only to give you permission, but also to say that you must. There is no other way.
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The Rumpus Interview with David Jay, Star of the New Documentary, (A)Sexual
This is what I expected: Jay and I were meeting to talk about the one thing that is harder to talk about than sex: not wanting to have sex. Ever.
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The Solace of Preparing Fried Foods and Other Quaint Remembrances from 1960s Mississippi: Thoughts on The Help
Writing across race (or gender, sexuality, and disability) is complicated. Sometimes, it is downright messy.
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Wings Wands Stars Tulle
These poems have all the instinct and fangs of a canine, and the plush, electric fur of a wolf: the intensity and sheer quality of workmanship in the poems is impressive.
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The Eyeball #41: Talking with Aimee Bender About The 400 Blows
I’ve been writing this column off and on for a few years now and I thought I’d shake it up a bit by turning it into a dialogue.