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“I Was Very Afraid of Failing, Because I Knew I Would Be Shot”

In a downright insane profile piece for GQ, Rumpus interviewee Adam Johnson talks to Kenji Fujimoto, the sushi chef and longtime friend of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il. The article is just…

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A Former Nazi Tells Her Story

“She may have been the first German, and certainly the first German woman, who tried to face her past with honesty.” In a blog post for the New Yorker, Helen Epstein…

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Go Ahead, Feed the Trolls

“If talking back to some random idiot makes me feel better—if it’s fortifying for my mental health—then I don’t care if I give some dumbass with 13 followers the flash-in-the-pan…

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As Kenya’s president-elect, Uhuru Kenyatta, stands trial for crimes against humanity, Kenyan poets have come together to write poems from the perspective of some of the mysteriously missing witnesses. The…

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Happy Birthday, Allen Ginsberg!

Happy birthday to groundbreaking Beat poet Allen Ginsberg. He would have been 87 today. Celebrate by re-reading “Howl,” or, if you’re in the Bay Area, by visiting an exhibit of…

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Turkish Protest News

Though American media coverage has been minimal, anti-government protests in Turkey have been raging for three days now. The BBC has a summary of the protesters’ grievances against Recep Tayyip Erdogan,…

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Notable New York

Notable New York: 6/3-6/9

Monday 06/03: To start your week with something a little different, catch Poetry in Theatre: Early Frank O’Hara + Plays by Contemporary Poets, which includes works by Ariana Reines, Jim…

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Nick Cave Monday #38: “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!”

Rest in peace. RIP. That’s what we say when someone dies. So this Jesus dude in the Bible resurrects some people according to the gospels. One of the privileged to…

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Weekend Rumpus Roundup

The weekend is over, but the Rumpus features remain. Another installation of Yumi and Everyone We Know about fire tigers (they only burn you alive if you forget to offer them…

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Morning Coffee

Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee

In case you were wondering, abandoned theme parks are still my favorite. Last week was a big one in the weird animal news world. Pangaea with today’s political borders is…

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Voyeurism Via Email

Miranda July’s new project, We Think Alone, sends the personal emails of ten people to your inbox every Monday from July 1 through November 11. Miranda describes the project: I’m always trying…

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Life through sidelong glances

Peter Orner‘s first book, Ester Stories, has been re-released with an introduction by Marilynne Robinson. We’ve come to know Peter’s storytelling mastery through the Lonely Voice column here on The Rumpus.…

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“I Was Very Afraid of Failing, Because I Knew I Would Be Shot”

A Former Nazi Tells Her Story

Go Ahead, Feed the Trolls

The ICC Witness Project

Happy Birthday, Allen Ginsberg!

Turkish Protest News

Notable New York: 6/3-6/9

Nick Cave Monday #38: “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!”

Weekend Rumpus Roundup

Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee

Voyeurism Via Email

Life through sidelong glances

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