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tattoos
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Tracing the Wolf
To brand myself with something I feared and sought to subdue seemed like a reclamation.
Living, Breathing Art: A Conversation with Bradley Silver
Tattoo artist Bradley Silver discusses the political intersection of body art and street art, and more.
How We Cycle through Our Lives: Talking with Chelsey Clammer
Chelsey Clammer discusses her new essay collection, Circadian, her writing process, and the body as text.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #94: David Burr Gerrard
David Burr Gerrard’s new novel The Epiphany Machine is one of the more ambitious books you’ll read this year, centering on a device that can reveal the epiphany of your…
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton
Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton on their new book Knives & Ink, cooking with pigs' heads, and long-distance collaboration.
Written in Ink
In a powerful essay at The Establishment, Evelyn Deshane discusses rejecting the medical narrative around transitioning, and how tattoos allowed them to reclaim their own body: When the physicality of my…
The Next Bukowski of Tattooing?
Jonathan Shaw is a writer and tattoo artist who has inked just about everybody. He’s at the top of his game. Check out this podcast and find out more.
The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Do You Have a Beau?
Shame is the haunting that’s hardest to scrub away.