Notable Online: 2/21–2/27
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Posts Tagged: Tod Goldberg
Notable Los Angeles: 10/9–10/15
Literary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
...moreNotable Chicago: 9/15–9/21
Literary events and readings in and around Chicago this week!
...moreNotable Portland: 9/14–9/20
Literary events and readings in and around Portland this week!
...moreNotable Los Angeles: 9/11–9/17
Literary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
...moreAsk Yourself a Question and Give Yourself an Answer
Excellent. When you’re asked, “Where do you get your inspiration?” what do you wish you could say, but keep to yourself? That as a child, my parents fucked me up, and the only way to cope with that was to imagine a better life in my head, or imagine profound violence and/or retribution. Rumpus author […]
...moreWeekend Rumpus Roundup
The “the stirring, hot-blooded motion” of the poems in Irene McKinney’s collection Have You Had Enough Darkness Yet? is striking, given its posthumous publication. Charlie Atkinson reviews this “curious” and sometimes “playful” examination of mortality, noting the poet’s competence and profound understanding of her topic. The answer to the question posed in the title, Atkinson […]
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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Tod Goldberg
“We like the idea of a guy who gets away with it…It’s a very American ideal—the freedom to break the law.”
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: The Living Desert
“The simple truth of having lived in the desert for most of my life [is that] unprepared people don’t ‘go missing’ in the desert in the middle of summer. What happens is that they die.”
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The Rumpus Interview with Literary Disco
Julia Pistell, Rider Strong, and Tod Goldberg—writers and the hosts of the podcast Literary Disco—talk with us about the show’s origin story, book criticism in the age of social media, and their upcoming live podcast.
...more“The Sexualization of Violence” and Comic-Con
There’s no easier way to recruit a legion of mortal enemies than to say something unflattering about the culture of comic books, but I’ve decided that I have nothing to lose today. Well, maybe I have something to lose, because I’m going to hide behind a quote from Tod Goldberg over at Jacket Copy. Goldberg […]
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