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Bigfoot Is Real!
The director of genetic-testing lab DNA Diagnostics claims to have sequenced the DNA of a Bigfoot-type creature from a population that arose when “male, non-human primates mated with early human…
“The gun is our Moloch”
To sacrifice the life of a child is to honor the god Moloch. Garry Wills, at the New York Review of Books Blog unearths America’s not-so-secret shrines to Moloch: “The…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Get in the holiday spirit with Christmas present x-rays. All the Bauhaus sketches/photos/puppets you could hope for (or, you know, a couple of them). Very important: why is their a…
Literature’s Most Famous Party Hosts
Some writers are almost as famous for their raucous boozing as they are for their prose. You could fill a book with tales of literary parties—in fact, professional party planner…
Give the Gift of Rumpus!
Please note that all merchandise orders made before midnight on Wednesday, December 19th will ship via priority mail by Thursday, December 20th. Any order made after December 19th will ship out in the…
Getting Subjunctive
“This idea of ‘should have’ is a Pandora’s box of regret and hope.” Vietnamese and many other languages do not feature subjunctive speech, however English and most Germanic languages are…
The Cleverest Boy in the World
There are many things about legendary comic-book writer Alan Moore that are difficult to understand: why he’s turned down so much of the money from film adaptations of graphic novels…
Write Stuff Interview
SF Weekly’s Write Stuff has done a visual and blunt interview with Oakland poet Tom Comitta. Keep an eye out for his Sugar inspired answer, which is yet another reason…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
And now 2012 in microscope images and camera-trap pictures. Popular Mechanics predicts the future! In the here and now though, we have some very important hamburger technology innovation. Here is…
Congratulations, Roxane!
Two months ago, Rumpus essays editor Roxane Gay said, “hey, when’s it my turn?” Now, her turn has come. Congratulations to Roxane on her two book deals. We can’t wait to read…
“looping through the highlight reel of our lives”
Rumpus columnist Steve Almond reviews Chris Ware’s Building Stories for The New Republic. As a self-proclaimed nitwitted graphic novel critic with no qualifications, Almond beautifully reviews not only the content of Building Stories…