Bow and Arrow
He smiled that smile that had led him into the beds of countless women and got him out of trouble with as many cops. He looked happy to see us. Across his arms was a parade of swastikas, iron crosses, and skulls.
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FUNNY WOMEN #110: Ten Billion Tips to Becoming a Better Writer
There are a lot of writing tips out there, but here’s a comprehensive list from someone who’s been “there.”
Self-Made Man #24: Love Your Emergency
As I look toward the East River and my teenage summers, I sometimes see my old body continuing on without me, living the slow-and-steady life I’d planned for so carefully and not this spectacular mess I’ve come, I think, to prefer.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #208
IDENTITY THEFT ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing identity theft.
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In 12 Years a Slave, a period piece transforms into drama without distance and intellectual arguments about slavery’s connection to the present.
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Cutie And The Boxer, November 25
Monday, November 25 at 8pm, The Rumpus will be hosting a free screening of our favorite movie of the year, Cutie And The Boxer, in the screening room at Videology.
The Rumpus Interview with Mandy Stadtmiller
Mandy Stadtmiller, writer, comedian, and the deputy editor of xoJane, talks about promoting positivity in women's journalism, why no one gets hired because of résumés anymore, and the importance of maintaining a writing and editorial staff with differing opinions.
Readers Report: Magic
A collection of short pieces written by Rumpus readers pertaining to the subject of “Magic.”
Fantasy Football for Poets: Week 11
What breaks my heart both as a Vikings fan and a human being is that, in spite of all this, I kind of like Mike Ditka.
Counting Bodies
The violences that women fear and the violences that women carry are violences of objectification, of involuntary disembodiment. The transformation of a human into a thing.
