Rumpus Originals
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The Rumpus Review of Chloe
Egoyan skillfully balances a rote exercise in marital discord with a less-rote exercise in narrative suspense; but it’s hard to shake the feeling that the former exists only to distract from the shortcomings of the latter.
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The Rumpus Interview with Atom Egoyan: Chloe
Hiring a prostitute to relate to you the nature of how your husband behaves is asking for, not proof of an affair, but an erotic retelling of a person you no longer have an intimacy with. Catherine wants that this…
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The Intricated Soul
Sherod Santos’s poems demonstrate profound, unwavering discipline, a restless ear, and a commitment to witness. He is serious but never pompous, substantial without being ponderous.
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10/40/70 #2: Out of the Past
This column is an experiment in writing about film: what if, instead of freely choosing which parts of the film to address, I select three different, arbitrary time codes (in this case and for future columns, the 10-minute, 40-minute, and 70-minute…
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Super Hot Prof-on-Student Word Sex: Patrick Thomas Casey
But enough about what I think of me. Let’s find out what young Patrick thinks of me…
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No Lights, Nobody Home
Alex Taylor’s collection of stories set in Kentucky channels Southern greats like William Faulkner and Flannery O’Connor.
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #30
PUPPIES ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing puppies.
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The Rumpus Review of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
My name is Jeff and I’m an addict. My drug of choice: Swedish detective fiction.
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Assorted Poems
Susan Wheeler manages to navigate a wide terrain of both content and form while maintaining the interconnectedness of one of the less lame concept albums ever produced.
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All We Read Is Freaks
Who says that here, in the land of fluorescent signs, football mania, booming bass, and a Mouse with a compulsion to celebrate itself every few hours, a poet can’t still strike a nerve?