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…
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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,…
Readers Report Back From… Near and Far
A collection of short pieces written by Rumpus readers pertaining to the subject of “Near and Far.”
All Over Coffee #534
Click image to enlarge: … All Over Coffee is published in the Sunday Datebook section of the San Francisco Chronicle, on SFGate.com, and in two book collections by City Lights…