Rumpus Originals
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #26
NEEDLEPOINT ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing needlepoint.
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Reality Boredom: Why David Shields is Completely Right and Totally Wrong
1. Reality Hunger, the newest book from the always interesting David Shields, comes sheathed in glowing blurbs from the likes of Lydia Davis, Ben Marcus, Amy Hempel and Jonathan Lethem. Needless to say, I had high expectations
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SMALL POTATOES:
The Problem With Making ThingsClick here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …
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GENERATION GAP #1: Tomokazu Matsuyama’s Quiet Compass for a Noisy Revolution
One unintended consequence of David Ross’s appearance on the Colbert Report last year has been the misunderstanding of intention.
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Twenty and Bored and Alive
This voice is neither howl, yowl, nor whisper, but something more like a quiet monotone, slightly ironic and yet also depressed, lonely and, at times, compellingly vulnerable.
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Ex-Nymphet
I’m 18, I’m standing under a spotlight with no clothes on, and the photographer is pointing at my thighs.
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Barely Discernible Notes On Barry Hannah
We did right by your death and went out, Right away, to a public place to drink, To be with each other, to face it.
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The Rumpus Review of The Battle of Chile
A meticulous and gripping eyewitness account of the events that culminated in the 1973 CIA-backed military coup and assassination of Salvador Allende.
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Heart Radical: The Strange, True Flight of Airships
Barry Hannah passed away Monday, March 1, 2010. He was 67 and died of natural causes. The precarious state of his health — he’d battled cancer for some years — was a matter of ongoing concern amongst his wide circle…