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A Kidnapping in Haiti
“In a few weeks, the international media will leave the country, and Americans will be free to forget about Haiti once again. It is my hope that this story will…
The Rumpus Interview with Jonathan Lethem
"I don’t go down wrong paths; I’d rather stare at the screen and delete until I’ve put something down that is working."
The Eyeball #31: The Baader Meinhof Complex
On New Year’s Day this year I removed all the bookmarks from my Firefox bookmarks bar. When I mentioned to a couple friends that my resolution was to lay off…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #19
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ★★★★★ (1 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Holy Shit Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Fucking Cool
“I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.”
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Steve Almond’s Bad Poetry Corner #12: Riptide
(Writing wretched verse so you don’t have to since 1995) Riptide Because we are men of a certain age without visible boundaries or excuses we ignore the yellow flap of…
The Rumpus Review of For All Mankind
There’s a moment in For All Mankind when a couple of astronauts are wandering around the surface of the moon, collecting rock samples and staring in amazement at the black…
The Professor
In a new book of essays, Terry Castle rips through literary and cultural allusions at breakneck speed, citing obscure folk musicians and cult novelists in the same breath.
FUNNY WOMEN #13: Ask Jeeves
Hi, Kathleen. Thanks for writing. Perhaps I'll answer your question with a question of my own: Where the hell have you been?