Rumpus Originals
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The Divot
(A review of A Common Pornography in the style of A Common Pornography, by Kevin Sampsell) This friend of mine, Justin, loaned a book to me. It was titled A Common Pornography, by this guy Kevin Sampsell. I got the…
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The Sports Talk Radio Election
Okay, so lots of confusion and grief and gnashing of teeth out there over why my adopted state, Massachusetts, just elected a Republican nudie model to fill the seat once held by Ted Kennedy. I’m gonna try to explain, but…
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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 give American readers a glimpse into the lives of people…
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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.”
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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 the political blogs, I got variations on the same response:…
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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.
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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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SMALL POTATOES:
HealthcareClick here to read The Rumpus interview with Paul Madonna Read more Small Potatoes at angrylittlepotatoes.com …
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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 caution flags and the lifeguard propped against wet wind
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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 horizon. They’re giddy with excitement, jumping around like toddlers on…