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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #71: Kris D’Agostino

In Kris D’Agostino’s second novel, The Antiques, he returns to familiar forms: A dysfunctional family whose members are in various stages of arrested development; a generational home in upstate New…

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(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Jennifer Gilbert

Trauma steals meaning and expression. BDSM and writing create them.

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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Nádleehí: One Who Changes

I am scared. I will continue to be scared. I am scared that, one day, I will not be able to run as fast as my dad who eluded rocks and a tire iron.

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(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Dale Corvino

There’s a connection between the longings of the characters I develop in my fiction and my urge to dominate.

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“I Want to Meet Poets”: My Search for Partners in Verse

A poetic friendship, a good one, is hardly ever something that requires a group.

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Apartment Hunting in Brooklyn

David Staller takes a fresh look at the Brooklyn apartment hunt for The Millions.

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FUNNY WOMEN #115: Craigslist Formal Encounters

Gentleman randy for high culture interested in encounter at the opera with discreet female. Let us sit in the dark together and partake in a sexy live show. Arias and outcalls only.

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Spotlight: Ali Shapiro

Ali Shapiro doles out some exceedingly practical advice for job-hunting with the qualifications of a creative writer.

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Chased By Bees – m4w – 45

Every Sunday, James the Stanton of Gnartoons posts an episode of Missed Connection Comix at San Francisco blog Uptown Almanac. The strip takes missed connection posts from Craigslist—the guy who…

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Fake Missed Connections, Real Responses

Are you reading Ships that pass yet? “A collection of fake, imagined, and literary missed connections posted to Craigslist and then re-posted here with real and actual responses to fake,…

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Features & Reviews

Book Cover Missed Connections

“Such encounters are becoming increasingly difficult. With a growing number of people turning to Kindles and other electronic readers, and with the Apple iPad arriving on Saturday, it is not…

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Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears

Welcome to Saturday night. Hope you like what I’ve dug up for you this week. Okay, this first one isn’t technically poetry, but if you’re interested in Bright Star, Jane…

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