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The Rumpus Book Club Interviews Hilton Als
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Hilton Als about his new collection White Girls, an intriguing amalgam of fiction, essay, and memoir.
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Notable NYC: 11/30–12/6
Saturday 12/7: Natalie Eilbert, Mike Bushnell, Rob Ostrom, and Christie Ann Reynolds inaugurate the Banquet reading series with an evening of poetry. Eilbert is the founder and editor of The Atlas Review. The Banquet series was launched intending to highlight the…
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McSweeney’s Anthology and Book Trailer!
To commemorate their fifteenth anniversary, McSweeney’s is offering up an anthology featuring work from their past fifteen years. And they have a trailer for the anthology here. Fun fact: it features Isaac Fitzgerald and Sam Riley! You can preorder the anthology! The collection features…
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Beautifully Disturbing
“Thank you. I love when people write “disturbing” in reference to my work. “Beautifully disturbing”? Even better.” In the newest issue of Specter Magazine, Kameelah Rasheed interviews Rumpus contributor Wendy C. Ortiz! The two talk about her two forthcoming book releases,…
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Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
“Your Patriarchy Is the Reason We Can’t Have Nice Things: Scenes from a Feminist Youth,” is a McSweeney’s piece that begins with a mother giving birth–asking her doctor not to impose gendered imperatives on her as he tells her to squeeze–and…
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Voices From The Government Shutdown
What do you do if you live in Washington, D.C. in the midst of a federal government shutdown that leaves 800,000 people out of work and affects millions of others? If you’re Sean Carman, a writer, environmental lawyer, and longtime…
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S’up Bros! J-Dog’s Bachelor Party!
Jim Gavin keeps us updated on the sickest bachelor party with the oddest ending ever. Ethan’s bachelor party in Cancun totally WENT OFF, but now we have to take it to another level for J-Dog! In the coming weeks, I’ll…
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McSweeney’s How Music Works Contest!
After much anticipation, David Byrne’s How Music Works is finally hot off the presses in PAPERBACK! Our friends and publishers at McSweeney’s have proposed a contest for fans and readers alike, tweet or Instagram a photo of the book’s poster…
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McSweeney’s Night of One Hundred Apocalypses
Quick! Think of some apocalypses! How many did you think of? For Lucy Corin, the answer is one hundred, and some others. That’s why she named her book One Hundred Apocalypses and Other Apocalypses. To celebrate those myriad armageddons, come to…
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American Spirit by Dan Kennedy: A Conflict-of-Interest Review
Sean Carman reviews Dan Kennedy’s AMERICAN SPIRIT today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
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“I Never Intended Anyone to Read These ‘Poems’”
Previously, we blogged about a reading by Victoria Chang from her new poetry collection The Boss. Here’s a Q&A with Chang about that book, her approach to poetry, and her day job in the business world. An excerpt: I wrote these…
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The McSweeney’s Poetry Series: Victoria Chang’s The Boss
On August 5th from 6 to 7 PM, McSweeney’s will be hosting a poetry reading with Matthew Zapruder and Victoria Chang. It will be held at SPUR on 654 Mission Street in SF. If you’re in the area, you should join…