The Rumpus Review of Inception
Here’s a little news worth sharing: Christopher Nolan does not shit solid gold. Like most people, he shits shit. Inception, for example. Let me explain:
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10/40/70 #17: Aspen Extreme
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…
Star-Smoked Skies
Kuipers is a “traditional poet” with respect to her unwavering focus on craft; the engine powering her verse is tight word choice that simultaneously conjures up tangible, living objects and…
Dinaburg’s Cake
A short story from Doug Dorst’s latest collection, The Surf Guru, our Rumpus Book Club pick for July.
FUNNY WOMEN #29: Rules for Emailing Your Instructor
RHET1002 Students, It has come to my attention that many of you are unaware of my policy on email etiquette. Please take a moment to review the following guidelines to better facilitate…
The Kingdom Within
In a new collection, Anthony Doerr lovingly explores the topography of the natural world and the shifting interior landscapes of memory.
Taking a Bite of the Digital Madeleine
Near the end of my first date with Mary, the woman who would become my wife and mother to my son, I asked her if she would mind going out…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #46
THE NAME LARRY ★★★★★ (1 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the name Larry.
The Shaking Woman
Siri Hustvedt’s memoir is a sprawling exploration of memory and the ways trauma manifests in physical illness—less Mary Karr, more Oliver Sacks.
THE BLURB #18: The Long Haul
Though I have doubted my talent, I’ve never doubted my conviction that this was the path I had to be on. Writing is like my Siamese twin: freakish, alive, weighty, uncanny. Were we to be separated, I doubt that I could survive it.