Equinox Oral Histories #2
As part of Daniel Nester’s English 251: Interviews and Oral History class, students took trips down to Equinox, a community services center in downtown Albany, New York, to interview some…
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The Rumpus Interview with McSweeney’s Publisher Oscar Villalon
“These things, writing and reading, are never, I don’t think were ever, ever meant to be exclusive from anything else. I think they were always meant to be part of…
Refresh, Refresh
A new graphic novel translates Benjamin Percy’s short story about children of the Iraq war into brilliant color.
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #12
INTERCOURSE ★★★★★ (3 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing intercourse.
The Rumpus Interview with Cyberpunk Richard Kadrey
The last time I saw you, in 2000, we were in a hotel room in Pittsburgh; one of us was naked and there was a beautiful, heavily tattooed girl handcuffed…
Steve Almond’s Bad Poetry Corner #8: Owed to Water
(Writing wretched verse so you don’t have to since 1995) Owed to Water It is said the ocean forgets everything forgets the lash of lightning and the stones it grinds…
Belle de Jour Is the New Pretty Woman
Pick any political debate or news article about prostitution, and there’s a high probability there’ll be a quote along the lines of “It’s a far cry from Pretty Woman.” As…
The Rumpus Thanksgiving Internet Roundup
It’s Thanksgiving, so we’re taking the day off. Here are a few ridiculous things from around the web to keep you busy (don’t worry, we’ll be back):
The Eyeball #30: Introducing a Child to Star Wars
I finally let my son Miles watch Star Wars, the cinematic force that penetrates us and binds us together. It brought back memories of previous viewings, and a memory of getting in trouble for drawing genitals on a picture of C3PO.
Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach Sit in Chairs
On November 9, 2009, four days before the release of Fantastic Mr. Fox, an animated film by Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach, I attended a live “conversation” between the two…
Ted Wilson Reviews the World #11
THE MANCHESTER VILLAGE MOTOR INN ☆☆☆☆☆ (0 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing the Manchester Village Motor…
R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman Talk Comics
Spiegelman says that superhero comics were read by the kids who beat them up. Crumb adds, "Cute animals were good." Spiegelman agrees.