Lonesome Was the Blacktop
At my dad’s house in Tucson, almost everything I picked up was expired. The contact solution. The Aspirin. The Frosted Mini Wheats. I consumed all of it anyway. So far,…
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Forgotten Country by Catherine Chung
In Catherine Chung’s Forgotten Country, Janie, the eldest daughter of a Korean immigrant family and a graduate student in mathematics, has always carried the responsibility of appeasing and protecting her…
The Rumpus Interview with Ann Friedman
As Executive Editor at GOOD magazine, Friedman is proving that women are not only qualified to be at the top of the masthead; they’re needed there.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #135
THE NAP MY NEIGHBOR TOOK ★★★★★ (2 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the nap my neighbor…
SMOKE IN YOUR EYES: Inner Beauty
A heartbreaking and beautiful Rumpus Comic from amazing artist MariNaomi. Click here to view. …more
Absolution by Patrick Flanery
Patrick Flanery is not South African, and neither is his debut novel, Absolution. This is not to say that Flanery does not know South Africa or its politics, history, landscape,…
The Rumpus Interview with Tupelo Hassman
Girlchild, Tupelo Hassman’s stunning debut novel, follows Rory Dawn Hendrix through a rough childhood in the Calle. “Just north of Reno and just south of nowhere is a town full…
The Sunday Rumpus Interview with Sarah Manguso
I have a crush on Sarah Manguso’s brain. This epiphany occurred slowly, over the weeks we spoke about her latest book, The Guardians. Sapiosexual feelings aside, I will admit I’m not…
The Poems of Jesus Christ, by Willis Barnstone
Born in 1927, Willis Barnstone is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Indiana University and an admired translator . His rendering of The Poems of St John of the…
Kamehameha the Great
I used to think that I couldn’t lose anyone if I photographed them enough. – Nan Goldin
Girl In Cap and Gown by Harriet Levin
Filmgoers this year who saw the documentary The Cave of Forgotten Dreams in 3-D (or not) entered the prehistoric Chauvet caves of Southern France in a stunning modern way. The…
The Rumpus Interview with Madison Young
Madison Young discusses her current projects, Fifty Shades of Grey mania, and how to survive San Francisco’s gnarly rental market as an artist.