Rumpus Originals
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The Rumpus Interview with Jerry DeCicca of The Black Swans
“I wish we were more popular so I could play in theaters and make albums with Daniel Lanois, but we’re lucky we get this much.”
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FUNNY WOMEN #28: So You Have Second-Hand Embarrassment Syndrome
First, do not fret, this is a very common affliction, affecting millions of people worldwide. Second Hand Embarrassment Syndrome (SHES) is defined as feeling other people’s embarrassment as acutely as your own. This makes reality television, specifically talent competitions, extremely hard…
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O Fallen Angel
The tale of a bipolar, Midwestern prostitute and her Catholic family feels all-too-familiar to our Midwest-born reviewer.
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The Rumpus Book Club Interviews John Brandon
The Rumpus Book Club talks with John Brandon about Citrus County, his second novel from McSweeney’s.
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #42
ATLAS SHRUGGED ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Atlas Shrugged.
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The Rumpus Interview with Vendela Vida
“With every book you write you limit yourself a little bit because you can’t do the same thing again. I’ve written two novels about people in their 20s—with this one I wanted to write about a woman looking back on…
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A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column #27: Stars, Stripes, Studded Bras
I love what Landon Donovan told CBS News about the goal he scored at the end of the U.S. – Algeria match last Wednesday in the World Cup. “When that ball came to me, the net looked like the ocean,”…
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SMALL POTATOES:
The Writing BusinessClick here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …
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Steve Almond’s Bad Poetry Corner #18: The Math of Betrayal
(Writing wretched verse so you don’t have to since 1995) The Math of Betrayal The math of betrayal my friends will never line up
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I Was the Jukebox
Sandra Beasley’s crisp images and multiplicities galore construct an enlivened world for her reader, bringing what Gregory Orr calls, “authority of imagination…” Each poem is an experiment that recreates from the codex of language a powerful brand of imagination.
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Rumpus Interview with Yorgos Lanthimos, Director of Dogtooth
“I don’t go to the cinema to hear these clichés about life—something you say to someone so that they can move on.”