The Rumpus Interview with David Shields and Caleb Powell
Writers David Shields and Caleb Powell can't stop fighting, even about their new book-length argument and forthcoming film, I Think You're Totally Wrong.
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Make/Work Episode 28: Pamela Z
In episode 28 of The Rumpus’s Make/Work podcast, host Scott Pinkmountain speaks with the composer/performer Pamela Z about her penchant for databases, life without a security net, and the benefits of the one-a-day Squickie.
Paper Trumpets #19: What To Do In an Emergency
These three collages were inspired by a 1988 book called Reader's Digest Action Guide: What To Do in an Emergency.
The Rumpus Interview with Susanne Paola Antonetta
Poet and memoirist Susanne Paola Antonetta discusses literary bias, feminism, and the origin of her nom de plume.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: A Scream of Consciousness
Poetry is an art spoken, as if sung, in relation to other human beings.
The Full Moon
We started small, a quick flash in the locker room or on the basketball court after school, any time we wore pants with elastic waistbands. But soon the asses were everywhere.
TED WILSON REVIEWS THE WORLD #272
PINE RIDGE PET CEMETERY ★★★★★ Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Pine Ridge Pet Cemetery.
The Rumpus Interview with Danez Smith
Poet Danez Smith discusses advocacy, translating spoken poetry for the page, and his new collection [Insert] Boy.
The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Praying Like Wild, An A-Z Trail Guide
Mallory McDuff uses the structure of an A-Z primer to explore the legacy left behind by her parents and her childhood in the Episcopal church.
The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Transparent and the Evolving Culture of Shame
There's a ray of nuclear longing at the center of Transparent...
The Rumpus Interview with Elisa Albert
Elisa Albert discusses her new novel, After Birth, postpartum depression, childbearing, and the misogyny of modern medicine in pathologizing the normal processes of birth and the female body.
Songs of Our Lives: A Certain Ratio’s “All Night Party”
Even the girl busted for drunk driving before she was even old enough to get her license seemed impressed: “You and your parties! You guys are just crazy.”