FUNNY WOMEN #84: An Open Letter to Thomas the Tank Engine
Let me be blunt: you’re a train with human attributes. Who are your parents? From what monstrous act were you conceived?
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The Honesty of Aggression
The continual references to my sex are striking. On the one hand, they stand in stark contrast to the identity-digging that I am attempting. On the other, they resonate: trying on aggression for size is foreign territory.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #151
THE TOAST I ATE THIS MORNING ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the toast I…
The Rumpus Loves New York!
We’re coming for you, NYC. Join us tonight, September 10th at Public Assembly’s Front Room, 7:00 pm for “The Rumpus Loves New York!” Get tickets in advance here.
The Rumpus Interview with David Abrams
David Abrams served for twenty years in the U.S. Army. He talks to us about his debut novel, Fobbit, a tragicomic rendering of things he observed in Baghdad.
The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Brad Listi
Leah Tallon, Assistant Fiction Editor of the popular online literary collective, The Nervous Breakdown, picks the brain of her mysterious (think: Charlie's Angels) boss, Brad Listi, in celebration of the 100th episode of his smash podcast series, Other People.
The Next Letter In The Mail: Emily Gould
The next Letter In The Mail, going out early next week, is from Emily Gould.
Second Acts: Delmore Schwartz
Stories by Delmore Schwartz are not nearly as abundant as stories about Delmore Schwartz. While the latter may be more amusing, they are ultimately tragic, for that is how Schwartz…
The Rumpus Interview with Krys Lee
I wasn’t surprised to read recently that Junot Díaz, in last week’s New York Times Sunday Book Review, named Krys Lee’s story collection, Drifting House, as one of the two best he’d recently read.
The Week in Greed #13: The Speech Obama Didn’t Give
Steve Almond imagines the speech he wishes President Obama would give at the Democratic National Convention:
Spotlight: Cassie J. Sneider
"Not having medical insurance has lead me to make a lot of executive decisions regarding my health and safety..."
Guns and the American
A gun is a mechanical device used to punch holes in people and other animals in order to kill them. I list humans first since “anti-personnel” weapons, as military firearms…