Rumpus Original
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The New York Comics and Picture-Story Symposium: Mark Alan Stamaty
The New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium is a weekly forum for discussing the tradition and future of text/image work. Open to the public, it meets Tuesday nights at 7-9 p.m.
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The Rumpus Interview with Jennifer Senior
Journalist Jennifer Senior examines how the pitfalls of modern parenthood led her to write a book on the subject, and talks about her fondness towards social science research and why you should choose interview subjects you like.
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #222
WHATSAPP ★★★★★ (5 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Whatsapp.
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SELF-MADE MAN #28: The Lion, the Lamb, and the Grown Man
The story of the lion and the lamb is itself a blur, as illusory as these hands bare-knuckling a speed bag, faster and faster until all you see is blood and ink so bright it glows.
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AWP Offsite Event: Rumpus by the Sound
Our offsite AWP event is sure to be one of the after-hours highlights of the conference.
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: The Weightless Nomad
“We live in a moment where images fill our lives in more obvious ways than words. Every day we scroll through Tumblrs, memes and gifs, a parade of images as completely absorbing as it is mind numbing.”
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The Road to Heaven
She is a friend of my grandmother’s, and her name is Adiya Fields. She is a survivor of the camps and has volunteered to speak to my Sunday religious-school class.
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The Rumpus Interview with Peter Orner
Writer and Rumpus columnist Peter Orner chats about compression in his work, the reappearance of characters, self-deception, and the stories we hold close.
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Notes from Freedom County
I am trying to make sense of myself as much as the place. It is so easy to conflate ‘where I was from’ with ‘who I was there.’
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The Lonely Voice #28: All Lives Are Interesting: My Father and Mavis Gallant
Alive, dead, what’s it matter to me, truly? I had her books then, I have her books now. Let others sing her praises today from the rooftops. For me, Gallant is all days.
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Bird Girl and Fox Girl
After a long and bitter argument, Bird Girl and Fox Girl parted ways to start new lives elsewhere.
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The Rumpus Interview with Cristina García
Writer and journalist Cristina García talks about her latest novel, King of Cuba, how she came to write about Fidel Castro as an octogenarian, and returning to Cuba after more than a decade’s absence.