Rumpus Originals
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THE LONELY VOICE #8: In Praise of Inaction, Bellow’s “The Old System”
I’ve been hearing the short story is dead again. The real money is in novels. Screenplays! A short story? Why don’t you go and write a haiku while you’re at it.
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Leaky Diplomacy
The river of diplomatic correspondence gushing forth from WikiLeaks is only the most recent incident in a long history of leaky diplomacy that began with the American Revolution. You might even say that the American Revolution was won with the…
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Ted Wilson reviews the World #65
GAYLE KING ★★★★★ (2 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Gayle King.
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Polar Bear in Paradise
The protagonist of T Cooper’s short novel is an ambitious, self-destructive, porn-loving, totally sympathetic… bear.
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Synecdoche, New York: The Shooting Script
What follows is the introduction to Synecdoche, New York: The Shooting Script, by Charlie Kaufman:
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Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Jillian Lauren
I wrote the book with a tremendous suspension of disbelief; I wrote it as if no one was ever going to read it. I know that sounds like a cliché.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Jena Osman
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club talks with Jena Osman about her collection The Network.
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #59: The Holidays are Hell(ish) Edition
Boundaries teach people how to treat you and they teach you how to respect yourself.
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Why I Chose Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Lucky Fish for The Rumpus Poetry Book Club
Rumpus Poetry Club Board Member Camille Dungy on why she chose Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s Lucky Fish as the fifth selection of The Rumpus Poetry Book Club.
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10/40/70 #29: Duel in the Sun
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 Duel in the Sun, directed by King Vidor (1946):