Rumpus Originals
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Where I Write #4: My Old Wooden Desk
I write at an old cherry wood desk. It’s heavy and difficult to move, scarred, the stain is flaking off, initials etched into the surface. The desk has seen better days but it’s still beautiful.
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You Know Butterflies’ Semaphore Graces It
Why We Make Gardens abounds with… lyricism and in doing so may serve as explanation. We make gardens and poems and art to achieve gentle charms of word and life.
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MEANWHILE,
The Bolinas WinemakerThis piece was originally created for Pop-Up Magazine’s Sidebar show at SFMOMA on March 17, 2011. It appeared in a slightly different format and was accompanied by a soundtrack by Amy Standen.
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Meanwhile,
The Bolinas WinemakerWendy MacNaughton illustrates the world of “The Bolinas Winemaker.” …more
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #68: The Bad Things You Did
I don’t think your path to wholeness is walking backward on the trail.
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The Rumpus Interview with Rumpus Managing Editor Isaac Fitzgerald
This last February, I pulled out the recorder, told [Isaac] to sit still, and peppered him with questions.
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The Rumpus Interview with Mike Rosenthal
While working on an interview with the Great Gatsby video game folks, this wonderfully clever Waiting for Godot game went viral on the web.
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You May Say Fist, You May Say Teeth
The unsentimental and honest display of Levin’s attitudes towards loss – her own losses as well the ways that others grieve their lost loved ones – is both moving and strangely distancing, as if by holding her emotions to the…
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SMALL POTATOES:
This week’s stripSmall Potatoes by Paul Madonna Click here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …