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The Rumpus Interview with Minsoo Kang
Writer and historian Minsoo Kang talks about his new translation of The Story of Hong Gildong, a touchstone novel of Korea written in the 19th century.
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The Rumpus Interview with Derek Ridgers
British photographer Derek Ridgers discusses his fetish for nightclub portraits and what it’s been like to shoot the London underground scene for nearly four decades.
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The Rumpus Interview with Mira Ptacin
Author Mira Ptacin discusses her memoir Poor Your Soul, what inspires her to write, motherhood, and why she considers her beat “the uterus and the American Dream.”
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The Rumpus Interview with Dean Koontz
Dean Koontz talks about his newest novel, Ashley Bell, overcoming self-doubt, and “what this incredibly beautiful language of ours allows you to do.”
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The Rumpus Interview with Thomas Page McBee
The Rumpus talks to contributor Thomas Page McBee about his new book, Man Alive, heteronormativity, getting mugged, living in New York City, and what it really means to be a man.
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Want to be a Rumpus Intern?
The Rumpus is looking to fill internship positions! We are looking for two interns in the San Francisco area and two interns in the Los Angeles area: Responsibilities for LA interns: writing blog posts, social media tasks, Letters in the Mail…
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The Art of Motherfuckertude
We all have these feelings inside us—anxiety, fear, trepidation, hope, desire—and our every effort becomes getting these things out. Writing that letter to you and publishing it was how I felt connected and compassionate. Two and a half years ago,…
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Tiny Beautiful Things Makes Every List
Brain Pickings has come up with a list of The 10 Best Psychology and Philosophy Books of 2012, and #2 is our own Sugar/Cheryl Strayed’s Tiny Beautiful Things. Don’t forget you can purchase the book at our Rumpus Shop.
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Prop 34: The fate of the Death Penalty
The United States is one of only four industrialized democracies that still practice capital punishment. This upcoming election, Prop 34 will determine the fate of the death penalty in California. Alexandra Gross’ personal essay, “My Childhood Pen-Pal Was an Innocent Man…
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Is Facebook’s new “feature” extorting small organizations?
Many businesses recently noticed that although their reported “likes” may have increased, only a portion of their posts were actually reaching their followers. Now, in order for organizations to reach their original Facebook fan base, they have to pay Mr.…
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The Rumpus at AWP
The AWP Convention starts this coming Wednesday, and The Rumpus will be there. Thursday night we’ll be raising money for 826 Chicago, which is an awesome youth literacy program and which is home to The Boring Store, which is definitely…
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Albums of Our Lives: Gillian Welch’s Time (The Revelator)
I knew I was a pretender, too, knew it in all the ways a twenty-six-year-old can believe that she is broken and that nobody else can see how badly.