The Rumpus Interview with Chang-rae Lee
I have been stalking—I mean reading—Chang-rae Lee since his first book, Native Speaker, was published in 1994.
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Teenagers from Mars
Peter Bognanni’s first novel mixes punk rock and the wild creativity of Buckminster Fuller into a tender and believable chronicle of teen sorrow.
The Contradiction of Contradiction: A Conversation with Banksy
“The thing I hate most about advertising is that it attracts all the young, bright, creative people, leaving us with only the slow and self-obsessed to become our artists. Modern…
RECESSION SEX WORKERS #9: The Refined Tyranny of Mistress Marzanna Katorga
“The early messages in my family were that women are the source of power. They made the household decisions, held the purse strings, and if the woman of the house…
Postcards from the Edge
“Big American Trip addresses our insecurities as artists, lovers, and citizens who lack the ability to understand one another, regardless of which language we speak.”
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #26
NEEDLEPOINT ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing needlepoint.
Reality Boredom: Why David Shields is Completely Right and Totally Wrong
1. Reality Hunger, the newest book from the always interesting David Shields, comes sheathed in glowing blurbs from the likes of Lydia Davis, Ben Marcus, Amy Hempel and Jonathan Lethem.…
GENERATION GAP #1: Tomokazu Matsuyama’s Quiet Compass for a Noisy Revolution
One unintended consequence of David Ross’s appearance on the Colbert Report last year has been the misunderstanding of intention.
Twenty and Bored and Alive
This voice is neither howl, yowl, nor whisper, but something more like a quiet monotone, slightly ironic and yet also depressed, lonely and, at times, compellingly vulnerable.
Ex-Nymphet
I’m 18, I’m standing under a spotlight with no clothes on, and the photographer is pointing at my thighs.
Barely Discernible Notes On Barry Hannah
We did right by your death and went out, Right away, to a public place to drink, To be with each other, to face it.
The Rumpus Review of The Battle of Chile
A meticulous and gripping eyewitness account of the events that culminated in the 1973 CIA-backed military coup and assassination of Salvador Allende.