The Problem with Comebacks: On the Return of The Cars
Growing up, I loved The Cars. They were probably the first band I ever called my favorite. In place of headphones, I’d sometimes just lay on the floor and put…
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SPOTLIGHT SERIES: Casey Scieszka and Steven Weinberg
Casey Scieszka and Steven Weinberg are the authors of To Timbuktu, an illustrated travel memoir of their adventures together after college. Casey was born and raised in Brooklyn, and Steven…
A Chicago Street Encounter With a Man Nearly Executed
He drives a white Cadillac stretch limo, vintage 1970s, with whitewall tires, black vinyl roof, leather interior. Smooth ride. It’s the kind of car you might have seen ferrying newlyweds…
Tony Millionaire’s Rumpus Debut!
The Rumpus is proud to welcome renowned cartoonist Tony Millionaire to the comics line up. His strip Maakies will now appear every Wednesday in the comics section. …more
I Am Haunted By Lilacs
In Linda Pastan’s thirteenth book of poetry, Traveling Light, we enter into themes of aging, dying, time’s ticking clock, and the natural world.
Tony Millionaire Rumpus Debut
The Rumpus is proud to welcome renowned cartoonist Tony Millionaire to the comics line up. His strip Maakies will now appear every Wednesday in the comics section. In celebration we’ve…
Where I Write #8: The Strange Nooks of Our Bodies
Behind me there’s a bed that hasn’t seen anyone but myself since I purchased it four months ago when I moved across the country, and I make it every morning.
Post-Grad Hipster’s Guide to Inhabitable U.S. Cities
Cartographer Katie Gillett’s Post-Grad Hipster’s Guide to Inhabitable U.S. Cities:
Bright Before Us
In Katie Arnold-Ratliff’s debut novel, Bright Before Us, we watch our unlikeable but sympathetic narrator Francis Mason tumble into responsibility and adulthood.
Does Sad Sell?
There has been much discussion lately about an “onslaught” of grief memoirs. Perhaps I’m missing something, but I don’t see how 5 books, (including new works by Joyce Carol Oates,…