Rumpus Original
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Night Soul and Other Stories
The idiosyncrasy of James McElroy’s prose has been a stumbling block for his readers, but his new collection, Night Soul and Other Stories, feels true to their author, every turn of phrase artistically sincere.
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Where I Write #4: My Old Wooden Desk
I write at an old cherry wood desk. It’s heavy and difficult to move, scarred, the stain is flaking off, initials etched into the surface. The desk has seen better days but it’s still beautiful.
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You Know Butterflies’ Semaphore Graces It
Why We Make Gardens abounds with… lyricism and in doing so may serve as explanation. We make gardens and poems and art to achieve gentle charms of word and life.
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Meanwhile,
The Bolinas WinemakerWendy MacNaughton illustrates the world of “The Bolinas Winemaker.” …more
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DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #68: The Bad Things You Did
I don’t think your path to wholeness is walking backward on the trail.
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The Rumpus Interview with Rumpus Managing Editor Isaac Fitzgerald
This last February, I pulled out the recorder, told [Isaac] to sit still, and peppered him with questions.
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The Rumpus Interview with Mike Rosenthal
While working on an interview with the Great Gatsby video game folks, this wonderfully clever Waiting for Godot game went viral on the web.
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You May Say Fist, You May Say Teeth
The unsentimental and honest display of Levin’s attitudes towards loss – her own losses as well the ways that others grieve their lost loved ones – is both moving and strangely distancing, as if by holding her emotions to the…
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Trans-Love Energies and the MC5: The Blazing Revolution According to John Sinclair
“Poetry never sleeps.” -John Sinclair The best music and art erupts from immense suffering and revolutionaries are guided by great feelings of love.
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Readers Report Back From… The Gift
A collection of short pieces written by Rumpus readers pertaining to the subject of “The Gift.” Edited by Susan Clements:
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Other People We Married
Emma Straub’s debut collection of stories, Other People We Married, is full of quirky, thoughtful, resonating characters and has earned her comparisons with Lorrie Moore.