Six Books and Cheetos
There were, apparently, only six books in Jeanette Winterson’s house, growing up. And she managed to become one of the world’s greatest writers, anyway. (So says I.) I can’t decide…
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Frankenstein in the Delivery Room
Ruth Franklin, who is the best reason to read The New Republic, ran an interesting piece this week about Mary Shelley and Frankenstein. Mary Shelley’s mother was the proto-feminist (or…
A Round Up of Kony 2012 Links
Yesterday I clicked on a link from my Twitter feed that took me to a YouTube video about a man named Jason Russell and his son and then I realized…
I Was a Teenage Krishna
It all happened quickly. I began praying to Krishna: a blue boy playing a flute to a herd of sheep on a green hill, a small boy with a peacock…
Comedy SuperPAC
Two of our favorite comedians, W. Kamau Bell and Nato Green are teaming up to present Comedy SuperPAC: Promoting Good Comedy & Great Causes Since 2012! The weekly stand-up comedy…
Full Stop Goes to AWP
“So here it is: the trade secrets, the panels and moments we kept bringing back up over meals — really, everything that inspired us to discuss hotel arrangements for the…
“The courts were our family’s livelihood…”
“Yet for Wallace, tennis entails intense aloneness, standing seventy-eight feet away from one’s opponent, warring within and against one’s own brain. Tennis represents an entirely individual struggle to wrest control…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Oh no! It’s the chimpanzee police! When I am rich, I too will have a shark-filled atrium. The Japan Animals’ School. Who is @MCBangarang?
Getting the House Back In Order
Dear Rumpus Readers, We recently switched server hosts, which is great news. Unfortunately, we lost some content along the way. But fear not! We have all the missing articles and…
On Berdych
Rumpus contributor Lincoln Michel’s story “A Note on Type” tells the jealousy and revenge filled saga of the Berdych typeface. “Heyduk designed the typeface to cause strain in the eyes…
Barbara Jean Narrated
Listen to narrator Xe Sands read Rebecca K. O’Connor’s excellent Rumpus essay (and book-in-progress) “What We Lost When We Lost Barbara Jean.”
FUNNY WOMEN #75: Behind Every Great Man
To the left is a copy of Benjamin Franklin’s daily schedule, as found in a book. Below is what I imagine Mrs. Franklin’s daily schedule looked like.