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Facts About Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s original PhD committee voted to dissolve itself: that is the word they used—dissolve. I like to think of his committee as an Airborn tablet being dropped into a glass of water. The glass of water is being held by Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Beautiful Things That Happen in the Dark: A Conversation with Eon McKai

Antonia Crane talks to Vivid Alt's Eon McKai about stigma, sex, and becoming a porn auteur.

An Ode to Maxwell’s

It’s been a year since Hoboken’s pivotal indie rock club and restaurant Maxwell’s has closed its doors, but it’s going to take much longer than that to wipe away its memory.

SELF-MADE MAN #31: Tenderness, Too

Let’s try this again; here’s my throat and a sharp thing.

FUNNY WOMEN #120: Notes on “Camping”

It's been 50 years since Susan Sontag published "Notes on 'Camp.'" Now, we imagine what she might have said about Camping.

David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Poet’s Journey: Chapter 9

Becoming a poet means writing past the danger each and every time you feel that you're struggling with writing a poem.

Adam by Ariel Schrag

When the vocabulary of adult queerness isn't an effort to fix identity, it pushes toward acknowledging and validating ambiguity.

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TED WILSON REVIEWS THE WORLD #242

MY CHEST HAIR ★★★★★ Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing my chest hair.

The Rumpus Interview with Richard Russo

Prize-winning writer and Authors Guild Vice President Richard Russo discusses publishing in the age of ebooks, the continued relevance of the Guild, and the Amazon-Hachette conflict.

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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Robin Black

"I wish I could manipulate time and space and whatever other dimensions necessary to publish my work once as a woman and then as a man – and compare the reactions."

The Rumpus Review of Obvious Child

Obvious Child is sweetness, swaddled in a dirty joke. It’s the delicate pastel world of Wes Anderson, where characters are imperfect but want to get better. Where every asshole, in the end, has a really big heart.

Conversations With Writers Braver Than Me: Samantha Irby

Sari Botton sits down with humorist Samantha Irby to talk sex, family conflicts, and the creative freedom of being an orphan.

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