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The Wizard of Oz

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Rumpus Original Fiction: RememberYou

  • Claire Miye Stanford
  • May 9, 2018
They had begun studying memory hoping to find a cure for Alzheimer’s, the doctor explains. But instead, they found other results.
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Oscars Flub as Grand Finale for Camp

  • Dan Cronin
  • March 9, 2017
On the Hollywood stage—amidst gasps, jaw drops, and pearl clutches—we witnessed one final, beautifully coded failure and an over-the-top dethroning of the serious.
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The Friends of Dorothy Have Something to Say to Kansas

  • Martin Pousson
  • February 20, 2017
As we move backward in time, we must beware of yellow brick fallacies. Also: poppy fields, flying monkeys, and entrepreneurial wizards.
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The Girl on the Bike

  • Katharine Coldiron
  • February 9, 2017
First, we must recognize our removal from the machinations of the shadows. The screen stands between us and the internal world depicted on it. There is no communion.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #59: Marisa Silver

  • Cecil Castllecci
  • November 24, 2016
Marisa Silver is a formidable writer. The world she weaves is masterfully laid out. Her sharp eye focuses on the brutal changes that women experience, not just emotionally but physically…
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Anna March’s Reading Mixtape #29: Literary Bitches

  • Anna March
  • September 28, 2016
All too often, it gets hurled at strong women like a boulder of hate tied up with a big red misogynistic bow.
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Origin Stories

  • Joe Bonomo
  • May 13, 2015
In the Basement Era all you needed was a steady hand, a screwdriver, some Scotch tape, and the nerve to believe that a cassette tape could be broken into...
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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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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #30: Paula Whyman in Conversation with SM Shrake

  • Paula Whyman
  • October 1, 2010
Paula Whyman talks with SM Shrake about his annual witch costume in The Rumpus’s thirtieth mini-interview!
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