Bones of Buried Kings
What makes a body violable? This jaw, a piece of evidence. This body, the remains of a life.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Mary-Kim Arnold
Mary-Kim Arnold discusses her new poetry collection, THE FISH & THE DOVE.
Rumpus Exclusive: An Excerpt from A Student of History
It was both daunting and thrilling, all the more surreal because it happened in a place I knew.
Rumors, Ghosts, and Art: Talking with Jared Pappas-Kelley
Jared Pappas-Kelley discusses his forthcoming book, SOLVENT FORM.
Constellations of Identity: A Conversation with J. Michael Martinez
J. Michael Martinez discusses his third collection of poetry, MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #70: Jean Conner
Jean Conner was married to Bruce Conner from 1957 until his death in 2008. As a result, she tends to be overshadowed by her husband’s larger than life reputation as…
Museum Stories
For Longreads, Jaime Green writes about the narrative styles employed in exhibits at the American Museum of Natural History. Green focuses on the work of one of the AMNH’s directors,…
Writers Respond to Art
A new exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum mixes visual art with writing: “Storylines” is about the resurgence of narrative in the visual arts, but it is also about how writers…
Weekly Geekery
If you are a white man, your Internet is different than other internets. Hackers are going offline and embracing print. Content moderators keep your Internet from being worse. A comprehensive…
Morning Coffee
Spanish street art is a pretty good way to start a day. Whale shark! a new London exhibit considers what museums should throw away. Bad ass authors more bad ass…