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The Rumpus Interview with Steph Cha
Steph Cha talks about her new novel, Beware Beware, writing compelling and complex Korean American characters, and what reading a book has in common with a level in a video game.
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The Rumpus Interview with Gina Nahai
Gina Nahai talks about her fifth novel, The Luminous Heart of Jonah S., Iran and Los Angeles, and the possibility of a long-sought-after peace in the Middle East.
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The Rumpus Review of Nightcrawler
Gyllenhaal is a perfect sociopath. His calm and calculated demeanor is accentuated by the hollow look in his eyes. He delights in the demise of his peers. He has no remorse. Sounds like the kids I went to college with.
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LA Star Map: Graveyard Edition
Readers who visit Paris or London in the hopes of paying their respects to departed authors can do so in one fell swoop, with graves concentrated in a single, central location; visitors to LA, however, will have to do some…
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The Rumpus Interview with Alex Dimitrov and Kate Durbin
Alex Dimitrov and Kate Durbin interview each other about place and poetics and poetry in performance, as well as poetry in LA and New York, and using culture as a prop.
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Raymond Chandler’s LA
A new map of Los Angeles highlights points of interest from Raymond Chandler’s books and films. Electric Literature has all the details.
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Sound & Vision: Monte Pittman
Musician Monte Pittman, who collaborates with Madonna, talks with Allyson McCabe about guitar, his childhood in Texas, and passing on what he’s learned to others.
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The Rumpus Interview with Jane Rosenberg LaForge
Jane Rosenberg LaForge discusses her new book An Unsuitable Princess, being a New York writer from L.A., and how women get short shrift in fairy tales.
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Bad Feminist(s)
This Friday, 8/15, The Last Bookstore will hold a celebratory release and reading for Rumpus Essay Editor Emeritus Roxane Gay‘s Bad Feminist from 7:30 p.m to 9:30 p.m. The event features Rumpus friends and contributors, including Nina Bargiel, Antonia Crane, Kima Jones, Mallory Ortberg,…
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The Rumpus Interview with Edan Lepucki
Author Edan Lepucki talks to the Rumpus about publishing, the craft of writing, teaching, and what to do about the end of the world.
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Ice, Ice Baby: A Cool Conversation with Bobby J. Robby, Stripper by Day, Drag King by Night
Bobby J. Robby talks about labor issues, gender identity, and the perils of dating other dancers.
