What Do You Deserve?
Alexander Maksik’s debut novel You Deserve Nothing reshapes an old story—predatory teacher and young student.
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Return of the Movie Binge
I remember being pretty casual last year about the illegality of theater-hopping on one ticket for an entire day, but this time around I arrive at the Boston Common 19…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #100
MY WIFE’S FUNERAL ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing my wife’s funeral.
The Rumpus Combo with Sheila McClear
Sheila McClear started stripping because she needed the money. She kept doing it for more complex reasons.
No Touching of Girls
Gawker contributor and New York Post reporter, Shelia McClears tells of working at the Times Square peepshows in her new book, The Last of the Live Nude Girls.
The Rumpus Interview with Robin Black
Robin Black’s story collection, If I Loved You I Would Tell You This, was first published by Random House in 2010 to international acclaim
It’s Just My Books I’m Burning!
Djordjevic’s rhythms provide a strong scaffolding throughout this powerful, necessary volume. In Oranges and Snow we have an outstanding example of the literary enterprise.
Albums of Our Lives: Arkadelphia’s Untitled and Never Released Album
He sounds so young on the recordings now. After all, he was young when he wrote most the songs.
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #83: The Major Notes
We sing the song of parenthood in only the major notes. Were you there? Did you love full-throttle?
Conversations with Writers Braver Than Me: Mike Albo
I've been living in NYC for years so I am cautiously optimistic about everything.
The Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics
I. Jack Kerouac looked like Jesus. In the ink sketch my dad did of him, Kerouac’s arms are outstretched to either side, his head in profile as though waiting for…
One of Us Is Already Gone
[York] never sinks into oblique facts, but he does not forget them, either. He never ignores the simple truth that he is writing poetry, and crafts a collection that is…