rage
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Don’t Think Twice and the Power of Improvising through the Unknown
It’s a little extraordinary when you realize that you’re the one getting in your own way.
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The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #24: Must I Be an Angry April Fool?
When I attended professional acting school back in 1986 (the MFA program at UC Irvine, I proudly remark), I had a teacher ask me once, “Charles, are you able to feel any authentic emotion other than anger?” I paused for…
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The Conversation: Joshua Bennett and Camonghne Felix
What scares me in the current work is how much I trust the concept, what I’m trying to achieve.
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The Saturday Rumpus Review: Mad Max: Fury Road
But of course, our world isn’t actually dead yet. This is fiction, and we’re watching a movie.
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Weekly Geekery
The Apple watch says you aren’t good enough. The tension between sex and science. Are rage clicks a thing of the past? What the Internet needs is a vigilante. Schools still have an equal access problem. When it comes to…
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On Sisters, Love, and Rage
Sometimes I envy Absalom. He had recourse. He had power. He raised up an army in his rage. He did something. He turned his rage into an insurrection. All I’ve ever done is turn my anger into words. How can…
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Colt 1911: A Partial Timeline
“Eli. The gun is in my bedroom. There are bullets in there, too. I don’t need to worry about you guys, do I?”
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Next Letter in the Mail: Laura Bogart
Gird your loins: the next Letter in the Mail, going out Monday, July 15, is from Laura Bogart! If you’d like to receive her letter, subscribe by noon PT tomorrow. Laura is the recipient of the 2009 Grace Paley Fellowship for Fiction from The…
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup
Welcome to the weekend Rumpus roundup, where we showcase our finest weekend features in case you actually have a life and don’t sit in front of the computer all Saturday and Sunday. Here you will see an interview with adventurous…
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Rage
“The heart is a fist, and he taught me to make mine hard.” Laura Bogart makes her Rumpus debut, exploring the link between rage, power and grief.