Straight Outta Nebraska
In Jami Attenberg’s new novel, a woman flees her comfortable life and finds a mixed bag of possibilities in Sin City.
Rumpus Originals
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The Rumpus Original Combo: The Red Riding Trilogy
The Rumpus Review of the Red Riding Trilogy and a Conversation with Directors Julian Jarrold and James Marsh The Red Riding Trilogy, which recently opened in U.S. theatres, is both…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #28
BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO ★★★★★ (2 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Blockbuster Video.
FUNNY WOMEN #19: Anaïs Nin’s Hot Cross Buns
INGREDIENTS: A 200-year-old stone farmhouse in which every room is painted a different color, and the maid opens the shutters at dawn.
SMALL POTATOES:
This can apply to anything
Click here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …
An Oral History of Love in Contemporary America: Selections from Us #1
Brigitte Aiton, Age 44 New York, New York “How do you deal with the fact that the person you’re with might hate you?” It was the first summer we were…
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #28:
Jean-Paul Sartre famously said that “hell is other people,” which is true enough, but truer still is hell is other people’s boyfriends (or girlfriends, as the case may be).
A FAN’S NOTES, The Rumpus Sports Column #22: The Army Awakened
On writing about war: This year, according to my careful calculations (or at least according to the bracket I just hastily filled out), Syracuse University will win the NCAA men’s…
The Best of It
Kay Ryan has been compared to Emily Dickinson, and I like to imagine Dickinson and Marianne Moore reading her with sly commiseration. Unlike some poets with recognizable styles, Ryan does…