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…
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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…
GENERATION GAP #2: Artistic Research in Contemporary Beirut
Marwa Arsanios and Vartan Avakian are still young. They belong to a generation of artists who grew up during the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990), and their unique experience with artistic…
American History X-treme
A former neo-Nazi’s memoir describes a violent life in the white supremacist movement and his transformative experiences in prison.
The Rumpus Interview with Jake Gillespie
“I used to always think of paintings as big large novels. And then all of these little drawings that I’ve been making, I think of them more as a bunch…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #27
ABRACADABRA ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing abracadabra.
The Rumpus Review of Wonderful World
Wonderful World taps the fretful zeitgeist, but trips along with freshness and humor and pleasant darkness, like Broken Flowers or Happy-Go-Lucky.
SMALL POTATOES:
As if I haven’t alienated enough people already
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The Rumpus Review of Shutter Island
When Scorsese makes a new film, the question is less whether it’s good than whether the decision to make it in the first place was good.
FUNNY WOMEN (COMBO!) #18: Publishing House
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