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Deep Throat #3: On Being and Unbeing A Singer
It would be easy and satisfying to say that I stopped singing because of the crack in my throat. It would be false. It’s true enough that there was one. There was a fight with a lover that turned ugly,…
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Women Writers and the Interview
Are male and female writers interviewed equally? Loraine Berry at Talking Writing thinks not. It’s gone to show that interviewers are often more interested in a female writer’s dietary habits and marital problems than their literary processes and work. Jodi…
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“Living On Air”
Via the Poetry Foundation, Open Culture has a 23-minute experimental film by Sandra Lahire using audio of Sylvia Plath reading her poems aloud. Mixing images of Plath’s obsessions (ouija boards, horses, violent self-harm) with photographs of the poet and her work,…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
“Curtis also suggested Dutschke may have become jealous of him when they studied taekwondo together or because of his successful career as an Elvis impersonator.” The ricin mailing case is getting more and more fascinating by the minute. Good news!…
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The Next Letter in the Mail: Seth Fischer
The next Letter in the Mail, going out April 30, is from Seth Fischer! Seth is a Rumpus contributor and former editor as well as the founding editor of The Splinter Generation. His writing has appeared in publications like Pank and Guernica. “Notes from a…
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Best Essays Anthology to Feature Rumpus Writers
Awesome news! Megan Stielstra’s Rumpus essay “Channel B” will appear in The Best American Essays 2013, guest edited by our very own Cheryl Strayed (aka Dear Sugar). Seth Fischer’s “Notes from a Unicorn” will be listed as a notable essay. Congratulations…
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Radicalism 101
Via The Millions, radical publishing house Verso Books has put together a comprehensive undergraduate reading list. Running the gamut from Marx to Badiou, from Women’s Oppression Today to Racecraft, this collection of titles will interest anyone looking to learn more about the fundamentals…
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Organist Rocks Out
If you’re not already listening to the Believer’s new podcast, the Organist, don’t worry—there’s still time to catch up! The third episode, posted earlier this month, swings from hillbilly records to classic horror movies, hitting everything in between. It’s worth a…
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Author Sexts
If you’re looking for a fun and clever way to waste time at work today, it might be worth participating in Electric Literature‘s Author Sexting Hashtag Contest on Twitter. Here are the rules: Embody the voice of your favorite writer in…
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“Things You Should Know About Isaac Fitzgerald”
For the past two, almost three years, the story behind a lot of my writing has been shaped by Isaac. He is the editor behind the writer. Really, Isaac is the editor alongside the writer. Yesterday Isaac Fitzgerald announced that he will…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
No, that cloud is not a UFO. The Dutch are going to (try to) put a man on mars in ten years. China has had enough of superstition. Today is a good day to discuss the guillotine (every day is…
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An Announcement
On May 1st I will be stepping away from the position of managing editor at The Rumpus. I will remain a co-owner and, of course, a member of The Rumpus’s ever-growing family of writers and editors. My four years at…