Rumpus Original
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Everybody Cut Loose
No matter which of these stories I told, I would always end with the line about how my father was so strict he wouldn’t let me watch movies, listen to rock music, or go to dances. Nine times out of…
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The Rumpus Interview with Monica Drake
Monica Drake, author of Clown Girl and now The Stud Book, discusses the physicality of characters’ bodies, the complicated issues women face while aging, and the crucial nature of writing communities.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #51: Free For One and All
Dean Wareham is a great writer, and possessed of a strikingly astringent and dry-eyed view of things without pity or self-pity or undue kindness, and what follows, I trust, will give abundant evidence of this.
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The Car that Brought You Here Still Runs
After taking medications and following a treatment plan, the hospitalizations had gradually replaced family vacations, and I only seemed to be getting worse. “Is it possible you’re wrong about me?” I asked. “Is it possible this whole thing is a…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #204
MY WELCOME MAT ★★★★★ (0 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing my welcome mat.
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The Rumpus Interview with John Hodgman
Comedian, writer, and performer John Hodgman sits down with The Rumpus to chat about channeling Ayn Rand, his Secret Society shows, giving himself permission to open up, and being a product of the Internet.
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Make it a Ted Wilson Halloween
Not available in any store is the year’s most exciting costume: the Ted Wilson! Take this mask, pair it with a sweater, dress shirt, and khakis, and you’ll be the world’s premiere reviewer of the world. (Not really. You’ll still…
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The Rumpus Review of The Institute – a documentary about Jejune
The Institute is a new documentary film about the Jejune Institute, one of the most fascinating, disorienting, and exciting experiences to emerge out of the Bay Area in the last several years.
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The Rumpus Book Club Discussion with Poe Ballantine
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Poe Ballantine about Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere, his nonfiction book about the unsolved murder of his neighbor that is as much a memoir about his family and their small…
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Missed #2: Letter to Matthew Klam
“Does anyone know if…Has anyone heard about Matthew Klam’s next book?” It’s like asking after a long-lost friend from college or camp.
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Fantasy Football for Poets: Week Seven
“I told him, if this doesn’t work, I’m going to kick your ass. I told him that because he’s going too far. He thinks he knows more than me, but he doesn’t.”
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The Rumpus Interview with Sabine Heinlein
Journalist Sabine Heinlein, author of Among Murderers: Life After Prison, discusses the challenges ex-cons encounter on their journeys to freedom and the various ways they live with their remorse.