The Prophecy
There was the butterfly knife. The idea of it, not the thing in reality—sleek, wicked-edged, the same kind of knife you once asked to borrow because you were walking home alone and you wanted to be the most dangerous thing out there.
Rumpus Original
8550 posts
The Rumpus Interview with Ben Marcus
Writer Ben Marcus discusses his latest short story collection, metaphorical writing, language as a communication block, and the sometimes dysfunctional nature of workshops.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #219
SUPER BOWL XLVIII ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Super Bowl XLVIII.
Invisible from the Inside Out
Everything I have, aside from what I’m wearing, is in a light brown vinyl purse with two outside pockets. I hold the purse close at all times, and I sleep with it under my head like a rigid, desperate pillow.
The Sunday Rumpus Essay: After the Happy Ending
"If you sit with a problem long enough, the decision makes itself... It’s like the needle of a compass: at first it swings wildly over the surface, but eventually a deeper magnetism asserts itself and the needle finds its place."
Night Moves
Parents of twins learn that there are two babies but three identities: one for each baby, and then the twin identity, an amorphous, shared mass of personality and action.
Albums of Our Lives: The Counting Crows’ August and Everything After
A few days before we left a life in New York, my then-husband drove home drunk from a bar in the Bronx
A Super Bowl Preview for People Who Don’t Know Football (2014 Edition)
If you don't watch football but might be forced to watch the Super Bowl, this may help.
Make/Work Episode 5: Emily Chenoweth and Jon Raymond
Episode 5 of Make/Work is the first of a sub-series where host Scott Pinkmountain interviews couples in which both partners are artists, addressing some of the unique issues that may arise in those relationships.
The Big Idea: Rebecca Mead
Suzanne Koven sits down with the New Yorker's Rebecca Mead to discuss My Life in Middlemarch, the way a single great book can illuminate our lives over decades, and how our reading of that book changes as we grow older.
Happy Baby, The Movie
Today is the last day to help finish the first movie from The Rumpus, Happy Baby. We need funds for music, sound mixing, and color correction. Rewards include a Small…