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What to Read When: A Holiday Gift Guide for Kids
Rumpus editors recommend the best books to gift children, from new releases to classics they cherished through their own childhoods.
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The Times Issues Human Family Holiday Guidelines for the Newsroom
We believe that to remain the world’s best news organization, we must allow journalists time with these human families.
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If You Are Abandoned
My uncle and I had shared many silences together and, in those silences, I felt as if we knew each other.
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The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #14: Altered States?
In my last column, the Muse inspired me to write about dreams. And since then, I’ve been thinking about other types of altered consciousness. As a guy who often hangs out with Catholic monks, and who practices “Will Rogers spirituality”—that…
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This Week in Trumplandia
Welcome to This Week in Trumplandia. Check in with us every Thursday for a weekly roundup of the most pertinent and relevant content on our country, which is currently spiraling down a crappy, toilet drain. You owe it to yourself,…
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How I Lost My Memory
Admitting memory’s tendencies toward storytelling, time shifting, and the emotional coloring of facts admits the potential for some forgiveness.
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Merry Christmas, Mr. #TrumpOwnsAmerica
He said, “You’ve got to understand I would have burned down anything just to get somebody to listen to me.”
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Song of the Day: “Back Door Santa”
Soul—that mysterious orientation towards the world that seems to be frequently accompanied by a larger-than-life personality—is probably the first word that comes to mind when one thinks of Clarence Carter, that bombastic and passionate artist whose timeless music still echoes across…
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Sound Takes: A Charlie Brown Christmas
But what distinguishes Guaraldi from his superiors is his respect for the tried and true. If “O Tannenbaum” has worked for a few hundred years, maybe it’s worth kicking around the block a time or two.
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The Last Book I Loved: So Long, See You Tomorrow
By drawing us into his childhood, Maxwell shows us how to revisit our own. We become the storytellers of our own lives.
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Rumpus Holiday Gifts and Subscriptions!
This holiday season, give the gift of The Rumpus. We have plenty of gift options for the well-read optimist or literary child in your life, so order now and choose priority shipping to make sure it gets to you and your loved ones…
