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Sesame Street

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  • Brandon Hicks
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How Old Franchises Are Staying Relevant

  • Brandon Hicks
  • February 17, 2019
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  • Media
  • Rumpus Original
  • Television

The Aura of Baby Einstein, the Child, the Toy

  • Renee Angle
  • July 13, 2017
If there is no distinction between show and commercial, ethics and entertainment, what kind of distinctions, if any, exists between her imaginary play, her consumer life, and our reality?
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The Read Along: Laura Goode

  • Kelsey Osgood
  • September 23, 2016
Jesus Christ, this book is like, Toni Morrison/Susan Sontag good. This book is first viewing of Beyoncé's Lemonade good. This book is Simone Biles good.
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Past the Break

  • Ana N. June
  • July 20, 2016
Past the break lies motherhood as I understand it: the rawest life that lifts and falls and crashes against beauty, and the eternal potential for heartbreak.
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Ambient 1: Music for Airports
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  • Music
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Albums of Our Lives: Brian Eno’s Ambient 1: Music for Airports

  • Erin Lyndal Martin
  • April 28, 2016
I drifted off and dreamed that Emily and I donned riding hoods and ran through the forest to escape from wolves.
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Sesame Street‘s Tribute to Phife Dawg

  • Liz Wood
  • April 22, 2016
Elmo has stepped up to pay tribute to A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg, who passed away on March 22nd from complications relating to diabetes. Watch the red fuzzball show his…
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The Rumpus Interview with Yumi Sakugawa

  • Mia Nakaji Monnier
  • September 18, 2015
Yumi Sakugawa discusses her latest book, Ikebana, discovering meditation, exploring blank spaces, and drawing a world of sentient oranges and one-eyed monsters.
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On My Way to Where the Air Is Sweet

  • Lyz Lenz
  • July 9, 2015
Manzano’s gift to us, the power of her presence, lies in the fullness of Maria’s humanity. While still being proudly brown and representing Nuyorican excellence in all its glory, Maria…
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The Rumpus Interview with Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

  • Meghan Ward
  • June 19, 2015
Producer Jeff Sommerville, director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, and the cast of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl discuss their movie that went to Sundance and beyond.
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OG DAD #26: The Greedy Fox

  • Jerry Stahl
  • June 16, 2015
Phobic or diligent? You be the judge. All fodder to feed into the Daddy neurosis machine.
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Young Writer Cold, Too Many Drafts

  • Casey Dayan
  • June 4, 2014
You may have encountered the six word story in lit class, Hemingway’s“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Follow us here for a site dedicated to them. Six-Word Memoirs is hosting the #SixWords…
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Art and Money and Muppets

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • September 23, 2013
Because it taught children across the country, Henson became a household name, and through Sesame Street toys, Henson became a millionaire….However, licensing toys, to Henson, felt like selling out. The cage-match-to-the-death between…
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