Tunneling to the Center of the Earth
A new and heralded collection of short stories digs to the heart of obsession, isolation, and strangeness.
Rumpus Originals
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The Rumpus Original Combo: Colson Whitehead
A review of Sag Harbor, followed by an interview with Colson Whitehead—or, as we like to call this literary twofer: The Rumpus Original Combo.
The Rumpus Review of War Music
If you live in San Francisco you’ve probably seen the signs on storefronts and taxis—the posters eye-catching and cryptic: War Music, flanked by a wing and a gun.
The Rumpus Interview with Sam Green
“When you think of the 60s, you generally think of nice smiling hippies, long hair, tie-dye, peace signs. These Weatherpeople were definitely not that. These Weatherpeople looked really HARD. It…
Your Money or Your Life
Denis Johnson strips bare and shucks the pump in his fast-moving literary noir, Nobody Move.
The Rumpus Interview with Earth Day Organizer Denis Hayes
Denis Hayes coordinated the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, when 20 million people took to the streets and kicked off the environmental movement.
The Emperor’s Children
Joanna Smith Rakoff’s debut novel follows a group of friends through the trials and triumphs of post-college life in New York.
The Shorty Q&A With Parry Gripp
Parry Gripp’s YouTube hits include Shopping Penguin, Spaghetti Cat, and Hamster on a Piano. He’s been called a Weird Al Jankovic for the internet age. But it might be more…
Through the Past Darkly
Brian Teare’s second book sorts through the past and charts a new path for the future of poetry.
The Rumpus Interview with Michael Pollan
“I think historically modern economics, capitalist economics, tends to erode moral categories… And this is where I think the right gets capitalism wrong. They kind of assume that there is…
Wanderlust: A One Question Interview with Mikael Kennedy
“Whether or not the stories are ‘true’ is not the problem. The only question is whether what I tell is my fable, my truth.” – Carl Jung (Memories, Dreams…
The Rumpus Review of Mysteries of Pittsburgh
Even though Rawson Marshall Thurber’s film The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is based on a Michael Chabon novel of the same name, its title is misleading.