The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #158: Paige Cooper
“The leaps that fill in the gaps between ideas are the best thing about reading.”
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Posts Tagged: humor
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #153: Julie Schumacher
“I have to confess here that I never studied Shakespeare in college.”
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Honest Work with Language: Talking with Berta García Faet
Berta García Faet talks with her translator about THE ELIGIBLE AGE.
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All Tied Up and Slipping Away: Talking with Micah Perks
Micah Perks discusses TRUE LOVE AND OTHER MIRACULOUS ESCAPES.
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FUNNY WOMEN: What Does It Mean When a Girl Is Quiet?
When a girl isn’t smiling, watch out! She could be about to explode.
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What Would Hannah Gadsby Do?
Hannah Gadsby reminds us that our stories matter.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Welcome to The Pink Peony, a Newsfeed for Women
Ladies, we hear you. You can stop calling, emailing, and sending us your profanity-filled invectives.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Manic Pixie Dream Girl, The Spin-Offs
Time for a flip of the gender script!
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Guy in Your MFA: An Origin Story“
A Rumpus exclusive excerpt from Dana Schwartz’s memoir, Choose Your Own Disaster, out today from Grand Central Publishing!
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Taking Control and Staking a Claim: Erin Adair-Hodges’s Let’s All Die Happy
This is lovely writing, alive, thoroughly thought, and thoroughly felt.
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Worth the Chuckles and Tears: Calypso by David Sedaris
Part of the magic of David Sedaris’s work stems from the simple truth that you really can’t laugh heartily until you’re hurting deeply.
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Having a Female Orgasm During the Trump Administration
“I am wondering if politics affect your sex life.”
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Discomfort, Desire, and Drugs: Talking with Ben Gwin
Ben Gwin discusses his debut novel, Clean Time: The True Story of Ronald Regan Middleton, the book’s unique structure, and writing satire.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Lifetime Network’s New Channel for Men
Mark your calendars, gentlemen—and watch your backs!
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Hey Ladies in Waiting
I know lots of people/the international press is making a huge deal out of everything, but it’s still just me, your girl Meghan, and my fiancé, His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales.
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What to Read When You Want to Read Funny Women
Sometimes the truth hurts. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have to hear it, and all the better if we can couch those painful truths amid laughter.
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VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Renee Simms
Renee Simms discusses her debut collection, Meet Behind Mars, leaving law to become a writer, and writing through major life changes.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Introducing Femail, the Email System for Women
Meet your new email system Femail, for the woman who emails.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Submission Guidelines You Wish You’d Read Earlier
The words “behoove,” “cordially,” and “bedpan” are not looked upon favorably by the Dusty Jake staff.
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FUNNY WOMEN: A Makeup Look for Nuclear Anxiety
[W]hat’s more thrilling than making the world more beautiful one haggard, agitated face at a time?
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Just Doing It: A Conversation with Mallory Ortberg
Mallory Ortberg discusses their new book, The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror, what it means to be a self-taught writer, and questioning gender.
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Nominations for the First Annual Woke Men Awards
The most important night for fragile male egos is nearly upon us.
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Here’s Your Beginning: A Conversation with Lynn Freed
Lynn Freed discussions her recent essay collection, The Romance of Elsewhere, the importance of a good first sentence, and the risks involved in writing irony.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Feminist Valentine’s Day Gifts
Stretch. Listen in hundreds of different positions. Listen a little to the left; now a little to the right.
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FUNNY WOMEN: It’s Me, Dead Girl!
I just want to share a little bit about myself—because despite the fact that my horrific death is the point of the show you’re enjoying, you’ve never actually heard my voice.
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Playing God: A Conversation with Daniel Olivas
Daniel Olivas discusses his recent short story collection, The King of Lighting Fixtures, writing humor, and the role of religion in his work.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Other Contenders for 2017’s Word of the Year
Fückit: When you’ve had enough, more than enough, but somehow enough is never enough, and I put wine in my cereal now.
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“That’s right: George Bailey needs to chill. Don’t @ me.”
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FUNNY WOMEN #157: Habits of Less Successful Writers
So much can be learned from the writing habits of successful writers, but what can we learn from the ones who aren’t doing quite as well?
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