Rumpus Original
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Defining
She warns me not to speak any of these words out loud. They are so terrible, she explains, that good girls like me, and good women like her, never say them.
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The Rumpus Review of Inside Llewyn Davis
For anyone who’s ever aspired to truly live—and not just eke out a living—as an artist, Inside Llewyn Davis merits a similar appreciation.
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #216
FOOD TRUCKS ★★★★★ (2 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing food trucks.
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The Rumpus Interview with Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Pakistani writer Musharraf Ali Farooqi discusses his new novel, Between Clay and Dust, how translation has informed his writing, and why the slender book took ten years to write.
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All Over Coffee #665
It’s not that I forget, it’s that the noise of the world drowns out remembering.
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Art Lovers
After her charismatic older cousin was burned in a fire, Thea Goodman found in him a kindred spirit. Years after his overdose, she revisits their complex relationship’s influence and aftermath.
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Saturday Book Review: Explore Everything by Bradley L. Garrett
John Washington reviews EXPLORE EVERYTHING by Bradley Garrett today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
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The New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium: Interview with Tom Motley
Tom Motley is a cartoonist, illustrator, and educator who’s also been a longtime member of the NY Comics Symposium.
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The Rumpus Interview with Scott McClanahan
Writer Scott McClanahan talks about DIY book tours, making films with Two Dollar Radio, producing “neurotic things that are fucked-up and nasty,” and the sinister nature of tote bags.
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Spotlight: Thoughts While Reading
Sophie Lucido Johnson illustrates her thoughts while reading To the Lighthouse, The Sun Also Rises, American Pastoral, and more!
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The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Kyle Minor
The Rumpus Book Club interviews Kyle Minor about his forthcoming collection Praying Drunk, religion and spirituality, fundamentalist Christianity, and what it means to be worldly.
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Standard of Care
He has no short-term memory and will probably never walk again on his own. He was twenty-five when he was incarcerated for larceny over $250 in 2005. His name is Paul.