When Tar Roads Came In Barefoot Age
Les Murray seems to want to make his experiences into some kind of shared history. In fact, this blurred line between personal memory and shared history is the spine to…
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Falling for Lidia
Chelsea Cain’s introduction to Lidia Yuknavitch’s The Chronology of Water, which is the Rumpus Book Club’s March selection: Lidia and I are in therapy together. That’s what she calls it. …
The Rumpus Interview with Wesley Stace
Wesley Stace is an award-winning writer of three novels—Misfortune, by George, and now Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer
10/40/70 #34: Alien
This ongoing experiment in film writing freezes a film at 10, 40, and 70 minutes, and keeps the commentary as close to those frames as possible. This week, I examine…
I Remember a Black Fog
Cedar Sigo avoids the usual pitfalls when exploring queer identity, minority identity and a political perspective thinking progressives can work with. He isn’t trite. He is never overwrought, and he…
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Winston Churchill Reads
Click here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …
The Rumpus Interview with David Shields (Paperback Edition)
The February 2010 publication of Reality Hunger: A Manifesto, by David Shields, generated an amazing amount of discussion from all sides.
Sometimes Depression is a Terminal Illness: Talking to a Teenager About Suicide
I’ll always remember that late afternoon I spent sitting across from a bright and talented young man in a psychiatric hospital’s group room. Half of his face was boyishly handsome.…
FUNNY WOMEN #46: Excerpt from Rodeo Girl’s Awesome Blog
Hello, everybody! I’m back! I know, I haven’t blogged for almost over a day now, and it has been the worst day of my life because of Brad.
The Diviner’s Tale
Morrow’s supple prose is grounded in lyricism, prose unafraid to give the reader both the forest and the trees. Bradford Morrow’s new novel, a feminist interpretation of fairy-tale tropes, explores…