THE RUMPUS INTERVIEW WITH CORIN TUCKER
Corin Tucker, formerly of Sleater-Kinney and Heavens to Betsy and now the leader of the Corin Tucker Band, has been called “a punk-rock heroine” by Rolling Stone. Judging by her…
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FUNNY WOMEN #90: New Ways to Summit Everest
A blind man, Erik Weihenmayer, summited Everest in 2001. But no blues musician named Blind Everest Summiter has ever summited Everest.
The Last Neighborhood I Loved: Rockaway, Queens
Late summer 2005 and everything’s under water. The news warns us that New York City could be the next New Orleans—flooded subways, ten thousand shattered windows.
The Rumpus Interview with Nanette Vonnegut
To commemorate what would have been Kurt Vonnegut's 90th birthday, The Rumpus sits down with Nanette Vonnegut for an exclusive interview about her father, his legacy, and his writing...
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #160
PRESCRIPTION CONDOMS ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing prescription condoms.
The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Bonnie Jo Campbell
Novelist Don De Grazia takes National Book Award winner Bonnie Jo Campbell (and her Uncle Terry) out to an old man bar and interrogates her about turkeys...as well as the alchemy of writing.
Hurricane Sandy Relief Effort Roundup
News coverage of the Hurricane Sandy aftermath is beginning to wane. But there are still hundreds of thousands of people in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut without power, heat and in many cases, plumbing.
The “Most Beautiful Thing That Ever Fucked”: The Rumpus Interview with Oriana Small
I was dying to interview Oriana Small about her porno memoir Girlvert.
Not Writing Is Your Alligator
An open letter to a very young writer from a not-much-older writer.
My 2012 Presidential Concession Speech
As you have most likely heard by now, I did not win my bid for the 2012 Presidency. While most Americans had their eyes set on Barack Obama or Mitt…
LET’S MAKE A MOVIE!
Announcing the Kickstarter campaign for the first Rumpus Movie, Happy Baby! We’re going to try to raise $85,000 so we can shoot our first movie, based on the novel Happy…