Rumpus Originals
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Wry Humor, Dark Wisdom, Lissome Women, Cigarettes
I think French film entices me because I know so little about French language and culture; it suggests an as-yet-unexplored world of magical, incomprehensible people.
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2009: The Year in Music
January: Kimya Dawson, Remember That I Love You (2006) One route on the Metro-North railroad begins in New Haven and ends at Grand Central Station in New York City.
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #16
AVATAR ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Avatar.
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Malcolm Gladwell, James Wood, and Christine Smallwood Get Evangelical
At a recent n+1 panel discussion, Malcolm Gladwell, James Wood, and Christine Smallwood discussed God as trade, unmetaphysical writers, and intellectualism versus how religion makes you feel.
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The Rumpus Holiday Internet Roundup
‘Tis the season, so we’re taking a day or two off. Here are a few wonderful things from around the web to keep you busy (don’t worry, we’ll be back):
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Lie to Me
The latest memoir of the 2008 Presidential campaign is a fake book about fake events by a fake political operative.
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The Rumpus International Rivers Interview #1: György Dragomán on the Danube
“For me writing is indeed very close to collection, but it is not a process of collection, much rather a way for cataloging your collection.”
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The Bigness of the World
There’s a lot to smile at in The Bigness of the World, Lori Ostlund’s Flannery O’Conner Award-winning collection—but there aren’t a lot of jokes. In fact, over the course of a dozen stories, Ostlund presents all kinds of suffering: death,…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #15
POWDERED WIGS ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing powdered wigs.