My Life with Annie Lennox: Who’s That Girl?
Annie Lennox dressed as a man! Surely she’d bound her breasts for that video, which meant I was not, in fact, the only weirdo in the world who did it.
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Paper Trumpets #30: Feeling Disconnected From Nature
[T]he finding, cutting, and pasting process constantly offers me new perspectives on how I see the world around me.
The Rumpus Interview with Elisa Gabbert
Author Elisa Gabbert talks about her books, The Self Unstable and The French Exit, diversity, publishing, whiteness, and writing in the Internet Age.
In Plain Sight: The Vanishing of Ellen Bass
Putting her experiences into a broader context, [Bass] now saw, was essential to “creating openings for readers to enter her poems and for the poems to enter her readers.”
Moles and All
Of the moments Lemmy and I shared, I have no proof, no hard evidence, no transcript. Our conversation is lost in cyberspace, one Tuesday afternoon easily evaporated.
Sound & Vision: Tony Visconti
Legendary producer Tony Visconti talks to Allyson McCabe about working with David Bowie, his own touring musical super-group Holy Holy, and his thoughts on the music industry today.
The Sunday Rumpus Essay: The Sweetest Kidnapping
[S]ometimes you don’t know you’re experiencing a fairytale until years later.
All Those Stars
Twenty-one years ago my mother stopped her dialysis treatments before they’d barely begun, a decision that prematurely ended her life.
The Rumpus Interview with Jenny Lawson
Jenny Lawson talks about her second memoir, Furiously Happy, mental illness, and growing up in small-town Texas.
A Year In The Life: An Introduction
Musician and writer Lara Downes and composer Daniel Felsenfeld embark on a year-long collaborative project, A Year in the Life, and chronicle their journey.