DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #65: Transcend
Art isn’t anecdote. It’s the consciousness we bring to bear on our lives.
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Where I Write #3: Wherever and Whenever I Can
At the moment, I’m writing in a cafeteria full of adult nerds who are parents of teenaged nerds, some of whom will likely be running the country twenty years from…
Like an Amputee’s Phantom Itch
Whether you’re an admirer or a stranger to her work, Rachel McKibbens awakens and haunts with selfless honesty.
FUNNY WOMEN #45: One-Handed Reading
Loads of people have slept with authors or well-read individuals, but what would it be like to sleep with a book?
A Long String of Subtraction
When you were four, Gabriel, we rode the bus, and I told you stories from The Whale.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #74
MY VALENTINE’S DATE ★★★★★ (2 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing my Valentine’s Date.
The Rumpus Interview with Jonathan Evison
“It's difficult to forget yourself, to put your whole life on some back burner, and give yourself to your characters. But that's what you've gotta do to get the job done.”
The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Roy Kesey
The Rumpus Book Club talks with Roy Kesey about Pacazo, Faulkner, historiography, and cheap cab rides. This is an edited transcript of the book club discussion. Every month The Rumpus…
The Whole World Clanked Like an Iron Shovel
The horror of watching the self separate from the self—the schism of self-awareness—it’s almost vertigo-inducing. Kocot’s gift as a poet is being able to explain such complexity with such uncompromised…
A Conversation with a Soldier
Note: All names have been changed. Major Mark Ross is currently home from Iraq. He has had two tours of duty and will redeploy in a year. He knows he…
DEAR SUGAR, The Rumpus Advice Column #64: Tiny Beautiful Things
Be brave enough to break your own heart.