All Naked, All The Time: Gertrude Stein and John Cassavetes
What is emotionally naked art and why do I think I have to describe the films of John Cassavetes, particularly A Woman Under the Influence, and Gertrude Stein’s Three Lives,…
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Readers Report: Right Place, Wrong Time
A collection of short pieces written by Rumpus readers pertaining to the subject of “Right Place, Wrong Time.” Edited by Susan Clements.
Once I Was: Meghan O’Rourke’s Once and All the Reasons I Am and Am Not Her
Rumpus Poetry Club Board Member Gabrielle Calvocoressi on why she chose Meghan O’Rourke’s second book of poems, Once, as the September selection of The Rumpus Poetry Book Club:
Our Conversations Cold-Pressed
Danielle Cadena Deulen has assembled a collection that deftly maneuvers through dew-formed natural worlds, myths, and histories gone wrong to create a poetry collection that I found hypnotic and, at…
The Rumpus Interview with Steve Koester of Two Dark Birds
A few years ago Steve Koester, the frontman of the band Two Dark Birds, cut a considerable amount of static out of his life, started spending more time with his…
Rubbish and Blazing Light
Set in contemporary Mumbai, Aravind Adiga’s second novel, Last Man in Tower, focuses on Yogesh Murthy, the man who wants nothing, and the community who doesn’t understand him.
The Transience of Identity: The Rumpus Interview with Vanessa Veselka
Vanessa Veselka discusses her debut novel, Zazen, author bios, Buddhism, identity politics, and burning symbols.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #103
NETFLIX ★★★★★ (1 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing Netflix.
A Toast to Finitude
In The Postmortal, first-time novelist Drew Magary shows us a world where humans no longer age—with the goal, it seems, of making us grateful that we do.
Growing Up in Greenland: The Rumpus Interview with Jeanne Tost
Aarhus, Denmark, is the second largest city in that nation after Copenhagen, and a center of the arts and education. I was recently there for a literary festival, and in…
Poetry Can Save Us
The Trouble Ball witnesses the darker parts of history and celebrates resistance to the forces that created those.
The Rumpus Interview with Jolie Holland
In July I speak to Jolie Holland on the phone the morning after she plays Norman, Oklahoma, two weeks into her tour to support her new record, Pint of Blood.