Heidelberg
My father laid his guns down on the kitchen table next to our box of Cocoa Puffs: the .38 from his ankle and the .38 from his hip, as flat…
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Post Black? 5 Poems and 3 Notes on Culture, Craft and Race
The following piece was presented as “5 Poems and 3 Notes” in the panel “Post Black? Culture, Craft, and Race in Verse” at the 2013 AWP Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.
Spotlight: Adrienne Celt
Writer and cartoonist Adrienne Celt imagines the complicated inner lives of animals in her comics.
The Rumpus Conversation Between Jennifer Gilmore and Meg Wolitzer
Jennifer Gilmore and Meg Wolitzer interview each other about their new novels, and how to live deeply in your book to avoid living deeply in your own life.
Red Tooth Claw
In a borrowed bed, in a foreign room, I woke up to a cry, raw and guttural like a baby’s first breath. My bedside lamp was still on, and the…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #178
TED WILSON ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) As me, I am one of the things in the world, and so I must review myself.
The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Race Matters
You're an enlightened, New World kind of dad--you don't expect your son to be some macho athlete. If only he would run the dash...
Lady Cheeky’s Sex Satori
Antonia Crane sits down with sex blogger and erotica writer Lady Cheeky for an interview about her journey to passion, positive body image, and orgasm via True Blood.
The Last Book I Loved: Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem isn’t just a collection for hopeful writers or even for people who are young and unmoored. It’s for all people who have lost their sense of place
The Rumpus Interview with Karen Russell
From immortal citrus-suckers to a portentous flock of seagulls, the surreal phenomena in Karen Russell's stories break your heart but leave your suspension of disbelief completely intact.
Bionic Man
My father’s penis is a great hairy walrus. I am three and my parents have decided that it’s high time I take a shower—no more of those coddling baths.