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The Art of Striving to Convince: A Conversation with Elizabeth McCracken

  • Eva Jurczyk
  • April 26, 2021
Elizabeth McCracken discusses her new story collection, THE SOUVENIR MUSEUM.
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Soft Parts

  • Sarah Kasbeer
  • March 30, 2020
What appealed to me most about furry culture was how it created a space for softness to be worn on the outside.
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  • Brandon Hicks
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Hopper V. Ribbit

  • Brandon Hicks
  • January 14, 2018
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Rumpus Exclusive: An Excerpt from Benjamin Taylor’s The Hue and Cry at Our House: A Year Remembered

  • Benjamin Taylor
  • May 25, 2017
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The New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium: Gary Panter

  • The New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium
  • October 28, 2014
The New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium is a weekly forum for discussing the tradition and future of text/image work. Open to the public, it meets Tuesday nights 7-9 p.m.…
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Between Botany and Alchemy: A Return to Return to Oz

  • Joseph Dante
  • October 3, 2014
This was a world I wished I'd created myself.
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Happy Birthday Mr. President?

  • Ashley Perez
  • February 17, 2014
We think not! George Washington’s birthday is actually on February 22nd but thanks to some decisions by the people in charge, we will probably never celebrate the man’s actual birthday…
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War on (A Creepy But Also Somehow Boring Version of) Christmas

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • December 5, 2012
Lynn Beisner, like many of us, has been accused of waging a “war on Christmas.” In an essay at Role/Reboot, she explains why she’s tempted to do just that. If…
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