THE LONELY VOICE #13: Walser on Mission Street
I confess I like reading stories about people who are more depressed than I am. Other people’s misery has a way of lifting the soul a little. Happy stories? They’re…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #108
MY NAME ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing my name.
Post-it Notes from the Underground #2
The following is a “Post-It Note record” created by writer/illustrator Joe Kloc, based on scenes he witnessed while attending Occupy Oakland.
The Rumpus Interview with Jennifer Baumgardner
Jennifer Baumgardner, a third wave feminist and activist, discusses archiving, zines, Bjork and her new book, F ’em!: Goo Goo, Gaga, and Some Thoughts on Balls.
The Winner Returns
A 1972 novel recently re-released, Rosalyn Drexler’s To Smithereens plays with fact and imagination, memoir and fiction, in ways seldom seen in her own era.
SMOKE IN YOUR EYES:
Sleep Deprived
A beautiful, scary Rumpus Comic about bedbugs and love by artist MariNaomi. …more
Everything Tastes Better When It’s Precious
[An] unrequited love of language is demonstrated throughout The Hermit, as the speakers of the poems seem to continually give and love openly, but are often left hurting or alone—left to their prisons.
Albums of Our Lives: The-Dream’s Love vs. Money
Of the many adjectives one would use to describe me—some might even be positive—sexy would not be one of them.
The Rumpus Interview With Adrianna Luna
As it happens, Adrianna Luna and I grew up in the same neighborhood. We had mutual friends and, from time to time, we’d run into each other. A few months ago,…
The Rumpus Interview with Steve Almond
Steve Almond just released his third story collection, God Bless America. Among the stories, which Junot Díaz says are, “without equal in their beautiful, terrible honesty,” a couple are included…
Philosopher or Dog?
Andrew O’Hagan’s playful novel The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog, and of his Friend, Marilyn Monroe follows one terrier around the mid-20th century as he pontificates on Plutrach,…
Post-it Notes from the Underground
Last week Joe Kloc visited both Occupy San Francisco and Occupy Oakland.