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F. Scott Fitzgerald Does Othello
In honor of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s birthday a couple days ago, the Paris Review posted some audio clips of him reading passages from Keats and Shakespeare. “While he may not recite like a trained Shakespearean, his reading is clear, emotive, and…
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Meet the 2013 MacArthur Geniuses
Among this year’s recipients of the MacArthur Fellowship (or “Genius Grant”) are a paleobotanist, an atomic physicist, and two choreographers. But we are of course most thrilled to see Rumpus interviewee Karen Russell, whom the MacArthur site describes as a…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
I, on the other hand, thought Blue Jasmine was great, and that Woody Allen is one of the five or so greatest directors to ever work within the Hollywood system. The VW bus was still being made. The VW bus…
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Readers Report: My Summer’s End
A collection of short pieces written by Rumpus readers pertaining to the subject of “My Summer’s End.”
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Learning From Hurricane Katrina
After winning a Pulitzer Prize for her journalistic coverage of Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath, Sheri Fink expands her work into her latest book, Five Days at Memorial. Fink examines the issues created as a result of those who died because of…
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Junot Diaz on Immigration
Most of us are familiar with Junot Diaz’s ability to weave his immigrant experience with his excellent writing style, but we may be less familiar with how he feels about the immigration issue. In fact, he believes immigration makes people…
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Reelings #7: Blue Jasmine
Why is Woody Allen choosing to make a movie about this particular character? Is it to support a modern fable of our economic fall from grace? Or is there something more insidious at play?
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Remembering Ghanian Poet Kofi Awoonor
Ghanian poet and diplomat Kofi Awoonor was one of the many killed in the Nairobi terrorist attack. We’d like to share with you this short profile of him, as well as this except from a poem he wrote for his…
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Weekly Rumpus Fiction: Bryan VanDyke
The next Weekly Rumpus features fiction from Bryan Van Dyke! Here’s an excerpt! Head down, hands in pockets, I am almost past the first surveillance cameras when I run into my sister. She jumps up and down and squeals with…
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Enter the Natural Way
Rumpus contributor Wendy C. Ortiz is on the trail of Mary Jane. The debut of her monthly column at McSweeney’s has her visiting medical marijuana dispensaries all over Los Angeles County. First up: The Natural Way.
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Celebrate Banned Books!
Hey, everyone, it’s Banned Books Week! You can start your celebration by reading one of these banned books. Then, head over to The Toast to read “Ban These Books,” an essay about some books that should never be read. By…
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Getty Critics is my favorite thing today. Here come the (sort of) commercial flights to Antarctica. Everything great is a hoax, Horse_ebooks revealed. Vintage Vespa ads are the best ads. Are you 1918 army literate?