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Postcards from Lagos
The other week, Juxtapoz photographer Chris Osburn published a bunch of photos from a recent trip to Nigeria, and he’s calling the series Postcards from Lagos. He reports that Lagos is a place where you have to stay alert, lest…
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“I love you, Irene.”
“Nothing I can say can change the past.” “I done lost my voice.” “I would like to say goodbye.” “I want to ask if it is in your heart to forgive me. You don’t have to.” Rumpus contributor Claire Cameron,…
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Ted Wilson Reviews the World #2
MY BODY ★★★★★ (4 out of 5) Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing my body.
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Kyle Kinane’s I’m Dead and It’s All My Fault #3
I think that’s a female grizzly, Doug. I heard somewhere that you’re supposed to expose your genitals so that she knows you’re a dominant male. I don’t know where I heard it, I just heard it, okay? I don’t care if…
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The Rumpus Interview with Trucker Desiree
“I really had nothing left in my life when I came to trucking, just the clothes on my back.”
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Morning Coffee
It turns out Virginia Woolf was a big fan of science fiction. Corpses doing it. Go on. Click. What could go wrong? Its been said that the defining characteristic of us post-gen Xers is intense whimsy. That’s why I’m linking…
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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Welcome to Saturday night. Hope you like what I’ve dug up for you this week. Okay, this first one isn’t technically poetry, but if you’re interested in Bright Star, Jane Campion’s film about John Keats,
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Question of the Day
Who will play Rumpus Editor Stephen Elliott in the seemingly inevitable movie version of The Adderall Diaries?* Cillian Murphy? Philip Seymour Hoffman? Demetri Martin? My money is on Mos Def. *Inevitable only to me, perhaps.
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Expression So Vile
The First Amendment case that’s getting most of the attention this year involves Citizens United and political speech by corporations, in large part because most court watchers believe that the Court’s conservative majority is going to overturn almost a century’s…
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Science Saturday
Can a dead fish perceive humans and tell their emotional states? No, but the reason for the story is an interesting one. This is the world’s most awesome science fair project. I especially like the inclusion of the Confederate Battle…
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Saturday Morning Links
Morning, everyone. Let’s get our geek on. Get out your checkbook, members of the nerdcore. You can buy Gene Roddenberry’s Mac 128 computer, given to him by Apple. Erik Loomis wonders why Henry Ford is so revered when he was…
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Letting Go By Making Stories: Philip Connors Tackles Suicide
In 1996, Phillip Connors’ brother unexpectedly committed suicide. Now, over a decade later, Connors is getting closure through the completion of a 22,000 word account of his family’s experiences called “So Little to Remember”. The piece, which tackles more than…