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More Horses Than We Need

Perspective and introspection are plentiful in this fine retrospective collection, but Gallagher doesn’t fully see now. She speculates profoundly and eloquently, metaphysically — never astro/quantum physically, as if from any…

Albums of Our Lives: Willie Nelson’s Shotgun Willie

I refused to listen to the B-side. This was, I guess, an extension or reflection of the poverty of those years after leaving my marriage and buying the 10 Willie…

DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #80: The Ordinary Miraculous

It’s almost never until later that we can draw a line between this and that.

The Rumpus Original Combo with Ana Menendez

"As I writer, I dream of readers who approach a book with the same kind of engagement that went into the writing."

The Optimism of Being a Dope Fiend

I remember clearly the first time my best friend Chelsea and I decided to play at prostitution.

A Journey With Two Maps

Becoming a Woman Poet is brisk, each indicator of geography reinforcing the urge to break barriers.

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WHERE I WRITE #15: The Hospital Room

I’ve only rarely worried about death. The one time I actually was dying in a hospital for a while, I wasn’t worried about it.

The Rumpus Original Combo with Keith Scribner

Novels explore the lives of particular people in particular places to reveal truths about human nature in general and insights into who we all are.

By Any Other Name

Like Freedom, Keith Scribner’s third book, The Oregon Experiment, is hugely ambitious, decidedly modern, distinctly American novel, with complicated family dynamics, and remarkable depth of character and psychological nuance.

Ted Wilson Reviews the World #96

OF MICE AND MEN ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Of Mice and Men.

The Rumpus Interview with Sloane Crosley

For a writer, Sloane Crosley’s a pretty fancy young lady. For starters, she’s been in the New York Times—for her fashion sense; she’s gone head to head with comedic Scottish…

Albums of Our Lives: Boysetsfire’s The Day the Sun Went Out

When I listened to those songs I felt like I could do anything, and had a place to direct my aimless angers and frustrations.

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