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Coats

I had my first affair when I was twenty and didn’t own a lot of nice clothes yet. I have a photo he took of me, sitting on a plastic chair outside an abandoned steel mill. In it, I’m wearing a coat with some kind of gray weave, something smaller than houndstooth. It fit me but didn’t; I wasn’t old enough to know how to wear it.

Make/Work Episode 3: Katie Bachler

In Episode 3 of Make/Work, host Scott Pinkmountain talks with artist/educator Katie Bachler. Bachler is based in Southern California and her work is centered on our connections to place and to each other. She recently…

The Rumpus Interview with Edwidge Danticat

For our first interview of 2014, The Rumpus sits down with the luminous Edwidge Danticat to discuss the staying power of the short story, the impact of resistance, statelessness and Dominican-Haitian relations, and giving yourself permission to write.

New Year’s Resolutions

New Year's Resolutions from Yumi Sakugawa include finding the bear in the stars and the lotus in the fire. What are your resolutions?

Conversations with Literary Ex-Cons: Billy Hayes

Billy Hayes, the writer of Midnight Express, candidly discusses his memoir about escaping from a Turkish prison in the 1970s, the pros and cons of having your story adapted by Hollywood, and what the War on Drugs has meant for incarceration.

Why I Chose Jenny Browne’s Dear Stranger for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club

Camille Dungy on juggling, balance, and getting lost in Jenny Browne's latest poetry collection, Dear Stranger. Click here to join the Rumpus Poetry Book Club.

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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #214

COTTON CANDY ★★★★★ (2 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing cotton candy.

Homo Homini Lupus Est: The Rumpus Review of The Wolf of Wall Street

This movie is not a critique. It's an advertisement for capitalism and its salacious, delectable greeds.

Self-Made Man #26: Wild

The wild don’t build fences; we let the worms and ivy and rats and love in.

The Rumpus Interview with Therese Workman and Tyler Wood of Oh My Goodness

Therese Workman and Tyler Wood talk about growing up in Maine and what it's like to be DIY in the music industry today.

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Why Do Little Drag Queens Play with Dolls?

As a little gay boy, I played with dolls. I told everybody that when I grew up, I wanted to be a rock star, but it was my dolls that did all the work.

The U.S.A. Trilogy by John Dos Passos

Will Augerot reviews John Dos Passos's THE USA TRILOGY today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.

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