Rumpus Originals
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The Man Who Guarded the Bomb
Gregory Orfalea’s collection of linked stories demonstrates that conventions are there for a reason—and it’s often harder to follow the rules than to break them.
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Super Hot Prof-on-Student Word Sex: Alissa Nutting
She had chosen to defy all reasonable laws of feminine desire by spurning me as a sexual object. And yet she had managed to publish a book.
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When I Go Outdoors, Light Splits
The poems in This Noisy Egg are always engaging and hold the reader’s attention, but they do not feel un-tethered or dangerous. Reading them, I had the sensation that there was little room for what Stanley Kunitz called “wilderness,” the…
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The Rumpus Interview With Rob Roberge
Two years ago, Rob Roberge and I lost our publishers when the presses set to release our forthcoming books simultaneously collapsed within a couple of months of each other
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FUNNY WOMEN #33: What She Really Thinks About Sex
After more than two years of deliberation, the suggestions from thirteen expert groups that have been working on the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (used to diagnose recognized psychological disorders) are now available online.
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Paper-thin People
The winner of this year’s Drue Heinz prize writes flash fiction that bursts with poetic imagery and focuses on lust and the death of beauty.
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Inside American Brothels: The Rumpus Interview With Marc McAndrews
Marc McAndrews visited twenty-nine brothels in Nevada over five years to photograph the women who worked as legal prostitutes in their environment.
