Rumpus Originals
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The Rumpus International Rivers Interview #4: Dumitru Tsepeneag on the Danube
Dumitru Tsepeneag is a Romanian novelist, essayist and one of the founders of the Romanian Oniric literary movement. Established in the mid-60s, the Oniric group was inspired by surrealism and built an aesthetic platform centered on dreams. As one of…
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The Plath Cabinet
Many of the strongest poems in this poetical homage politicize Sylvia [Plath], showing her to be less a victim than a citizen of her time, whom history can misrepresent but not silence.
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Presto Book-O (Why I Went Ahead and Self-Published)
To say that I’ve had a checkered history in publishing would be like saying Elizabeth Taylor had a checkered history in marriage.
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What the Girls Call ‘Murder’
A funny thing happened on the way to the “angry grrrl rock revolution which seeks to save the psychic and cultural lives of girls and women everywhere”…
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Starting the New Year Off with a Bang
An Oral History of January 1, 1989: Circle Jerks Vs. Skinheads Greg Hetson (guitar, Circle Jerks/Bad Religion): Recently my daughter asked me if any skinheads ever came to Circle Jerks shows. When I told her yes she said, “Don’t they…
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California Dreaming
Eric Puchner’s first novel exposes the faultlines and frustrations beneath the shining American dream.
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #22
JOHNNY TREMAIN’S HAND ★★★★★ (1 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Johnny Tremain’s hand.
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The Rumpus Funny Women Interview with Julie Klausner
Some people say men aren’t funny. In her memoir I Don’t Care About Your Band, comedienne Julie Klausner says it a few times: (1) “I was tired of pretending I thought he was funny”; (2) “I knew I was funnier and smarter…
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SMALL POTATOES:
ChoiceClick here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …
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Super Hot Prof-on-Student Word Sex: Jason Mulgrew
And now, in the hopes you will make the same mistake, I am conducting the first of what I hope will be an endless series of interviews with former students who are now published writers.