Rumpus Originals
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Ridiculously Rich: The Rumpus Interview with Simon Rich
Somehow everyone feels like they know a Simon Rich, a self-proclaimed nerd who embraced his geek-cool and blossomed into his brand as if overnight. Sometimes it seems like everyone I know knows Rich himself. To them, Rich is a kind…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #39
FOREST FIRES ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing forest fires.
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The Madonnas of Echo Park
“The border disappears, and in a finger snap we are running to cook your food, to clean your houses, to cut your grass…”
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SEX BOOK THROWDOWN #3: Ladies Gotta Get Some
Today’s book battle pits The Surrender by Toni Bentley against The Sexual Life of Catherine M. by Catherine Millet.
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The Rumpus Funny Women Interview with Sarah Haskins
Like most women, I am gay for Sarah Haskins. Unlike most women, I got to interview her. Here are some things you should know about Sarah to get the most out of our interview:
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The Living Dead
David Foster Wallace speaks to us from beyond the grave in David Lipsky’s Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself—but should we be listening?
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SMALL POTATOES:
Collagen SallyClick here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …
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O. Henry’s Afterlife: Thoughts and Ephemera
There are worse things to do this Saturday than to read or re-read William Sydney Porter—O. Henry—who died one hundred years ago today.
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The Rumpus Review of Littlerock
If films were fighters, Mike Ott’s second offering, Littlerock, would weigh in at 123 minutes, placing it in the featherweight division, a deft, gentle movie, lithe and light during its two hours in the ring. Not to suggest that it’s diminutive —…
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The Indistinct Fuzz of a General Rain
World Enough is, despite the sometimes soft dulled-razor language, an incredibly smart, idea-driven book, and the in-charge idea and/or force seems to be America, viewed both from within the country and elsewhere.