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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #221: Noah C. Lekas

  • Brooke Knisley
  • June 11, 2020
“Hopefully, the takeaway is the journey.”
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Three Collections in Two Volumes by August Kleinzahler

  • Barbara Berman
  • June 1, 2018
Be stunned by Kleinzahler's poetry in the far ports of your body.
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The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #15: Contemplation + Politics

  • Charles Kruger
  • January 27, 2017
Thomas Merton, the most prominent Catholic monk of the 20th century, famously left the world to live a cloistered life at the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemini in rural Kentucky, taking…
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #54: Jade Chang on The Wangs vs. the World

  • Ann van Buren
  • September 20, 2016
With a mix of humor, agility, and insight, Jade Chang’s debut novel, The Wangs vs. the World (HMH Books, October 2016), tells a fresh immigrant story. Charles Wang has left…
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The Beats Come to Paris (Again)

  • David Breithaupt
  • August 30, 2016
The French obsession with America popular culture takes form at the Pompidou Center in Paris with relics from the Beat Generation, including the famous 120-foot scroll of Kerouac’s On the Road,…
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The Rumpus Interview With Jeremy Earl

  • David Byron Queen
  • July 11, 2016
Jeremy Earl discusses his latest album, City Sun Eater in the River of Light, the fruitful tension of city vs. country, finding beauty in the darkness of today’s world, and the enduring good vibes of the Grateful Dead.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Martin Seay

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • May 25, 2016
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Martin Seay about his debut novel The Mirror Thief, the Great Work of alchemy, researching optical prosthetics, and keeping plot lines straight in a 600-page novel.
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Song of the Day: “Coronus, The Terminator”

  • Max Gray
  • October 16, 2014
Four years ago, LA Weekly called Steven Ellison’s music “spiritual electronica.” Today, in the wake of his fifth release, Your Dead!, the artist known as Flying Lotus is still just as difficult…
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