Rumpus Original
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The Big Idea: Roz Chast
Suzanne Koven talks to Roz Chast about comics, the burdens of elder care, and her new graphic memoir Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
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In My Clothes
My cousin and I are in matching dresses with purple buttons, lavender yarn in our braids. Our mothers take us to Sears Portrait Studio, where we sit together in front of a marbled blue sky. I’m into it, all of…
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Poet’s Journey: Chapter 11
Becoming a poet means to think about delight and distress with equal poise. Becoming a poet means to embrace the child of your imagination where resentment is understood.
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The Rumpus Interview with Jim Ruland
Forest of Fortune author Jim Ruland discusses his new novel, gambling addiction, and what happens behind the scenes at the casino.
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TED WILSON REVIEWS THE WORLD #246
THE CALIFORNIA DROUGHT ★★★★★ Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the California drought.
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The Rumpus Interview with Shane Jones
Author Shane Jones talks about publishing, his new novel Crystal Eaters, and the freedom that comes with rejection.
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The Rumpus Review of Books
Here it is! Your handy guide to all the books that we reviewed at The Rumpus this week.
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The Rumpus Review of Mood Indigo
Mood Indigo is like watching the death of imagination through the colorful lens of a fast-paced, surreal love story. Luckily, Michel Gondry is the one to deliver the bad news…
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The Rumpus Interview with Craig Finn
Craig Finn of the Hold Steady sits down to talk about his solo album, song craft, and his unfinished novel.
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Make/Work Episode 16: Cheryl Leonard
In Episode 16 of Make/Work, host Scott Pinkmountain speaks with composer, performer, and instrument builder Cheryl E. Leonard.
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Kerouac’s House and the End of Doubt
A perfectionist who claws for each word, I could use a little spontaneity. How tempting to try loosening up, to compose wildly, undisciplined, the “crazier the better.” To accept that I’m a genius all the time.
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Paper Trumpets #6: The Barrel Roller
I find that slapstick violence can be pretty funny in collage art. Like visual satire.