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Record Related #3: And I could use a thing or two…

  • Jeff T. Johnson
  • August 2, 2012
These are among the stories that might hit us before we listen to Mr. M. Once we turn it on, the music takes over. Hmm, there’s that M again.
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The Rumpus Interview with Karen Prior

  • Christopher J. Gaumer
  • August 2, 2012
A formerly freckle-faced pothead with a penchant for getting arrested, Prior admits she doesn’t hide emotions well and so to some, she can be a handful.
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Where I Write #22: A Room of One’s Own in the Middle of Everything

  • Megan Stielstra
  • August 1, 2012
I’m writing on the bathroom floor, laptop on my knees. It’s tight in here; shower, toilet, and sink crammed together with just enough space left to stand, or in my…
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The Rumpus Interview with Ivan Coyote

  • Marie-Helene Westgate
  • August 1, 2012
Ivan Coyote was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, and is the award-winning author of six short story collections, one novel, three CDs, and four short films.
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Consider the Bird

  • DéLana Dameron
  • July 31, 2012
I remember the night he told me about the white bird there was a Styrofoam cup with a bendable straw and water in one hand, and a Bayer pill in a medicine cup.
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The Rumpus Interview with Lidia Yuknavitch

  • Genevieve Hudson
  • July 31, 2012
Genevieve Hudson talks with Lidia Yuknavitch about her new book, Dora: A Headcase, the body as the first novel, and violence in female characters.
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #145

  • Ted Wilson
  • July 30, 2012
CLOUDS ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing clouds.
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Man Pageant, Unscripted

  • Cooper Lee Bombardier
  • July 30, 2012
In Portland, Oregon’s historic Crystal Ballroom, the house lights dim, ambient music fades, and the roar of conversing voices coalesce into a delighted hum of anticipation.
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Sunday Rumpus Essay: Thoughts on the Hip Hop Apsara

  • Anne Elizabeth Moore
  • July 29, 2012
In this excerpt from her forthcoming book, American writer Anne Elizabeth Moore gathers with Cambodian survivors of the Khmer Rouge to celebrate dance, tradition and change.
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A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories

  • Roxane Gay
  • July 27, 2012
We are still in that time in our history where public figures come out of invisible closets largely built by a public insatiable in its desire to know all the intimate details of the private lives of very public people.
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Here We Go On

  • Mira Ptacin
  • July 26, 2012
“Seaweed?” I ask, feeling simultaneously perplexed and defeated. “The surgeon is going to put seaweed in my vagina?”
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The Rumpus Interview with Hart Seely

  • Tom Barbash
  • July 26, 2012
Tom Barbash talks with author and reporter Hart Seely about winning ballgames from your couch, Donald Rumsfeld, faking sanity, and the fate of quality journalism in the online era of click chasing.
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