weekend rumpus roundup

  • Weekend Rumpus Roundup

    Hey. Kid. You wanna buy a weekend Rumpus roundup? If you missed yesterday’s Sunday Rumpus essay, “Through the Throat” by Ethel Rohan, you’ll want to correct that error immediately. A snippet: By then Dad was in the hospital six weeks…

  • Weekend Rumpus Roundup

    No, no, you have to stare at that one spot and kind of unfocus your eyes. Lean in a little closer and…there. Do you see it? It’s the weekend Rumpus roundup. On Saturday, Yumi Sakugawa gave us shivers with her…

  • Weekend Rumpus Roundup

    Snap out of it! It was only a fever dream! We are all okay. We could be better, but we’re all okay. Here’s what you missed while you were unconscious: Yumi Sakugawa’s Saturday comic follows a phantasmic entity large enough…

  • Weekend Rumpus Roundup

    Christ…brace yourself for an emotionally crippling time with these weekend features. (The pain is worth it! It always is!) In Saturday’s feature, the tragic end to an interplanetary love story shivers with loss—one of Yumi Sakugawa’s best comics yet. Sunday’s…

  • Weekend Rumpus Roundup

    Giddy-up, you hateful stallion!  It’s time for another Weekend Rumpus Roundup. In the Saturday interview, Kiese Laymon takes some time with the Rumpus to discuss his latest book, Long Division, and explores in greater length the literary influences that have…

  • Weekend Rumpus Roundup

    Monday already?  We understand your pain; why don’t you gulp down the rest of your morning cup of Soylent and secure ample room in your gullet for these weekend Rumpus features: Once again, Yumi Sakugawa showcases her mastery of capturing existential…

  • Weekend Rumpus Roundup

    There are no holiday weekends in August, but there are weekend Rumpus roundups. If you feel like you need a hundred-year-nap, you might relate to Saturday’s comic by Yumi Sakugawa. And on Sunday, Rob Roberge wrestled with the way fiction…

  • Weekend Rumpus Roundup

    For the love of God, hoist yourself out of that pit of self-loathing and read the Weekend Roundup: In Yumi Sakugawa’s Saturday comic, a man discovers tiny trees growing on his right arm—only to realize that their refusal to obey…

  • Weekend Rumpus Roundup

    Hungry for some good times?  Feast on this weekend Rump! In Saturday’s interview, Matthew Specktor takes some time to talk with the Rumpus about his latest novel, American Dream Machine.  He comments on the “dude-heaviness” of the book and voices…

  • Weekend Rumpus Roundup

    Look.  It was a nasty weekend.  We both said some things we didn’t mean.  Let’s just put it behind us with the weekend Rumpus roundup (though that was still a pretty perverted thing you did). Who knew that, upon finding…

  • Weekend Rumpus Roundup

    It’s that time again. Time to round up all the Rumpus weekends. Or the weekend Rumpuses. Or something. This weekend, we featured two super-cool interviews. Saturday’s was a lively discussion with Michelle Meyering, director of programs and events at PEN Center…

  • Weekend Rumpus Roundup

    As the last of the smoke from the 4th of July fireworks drifts away, you rub your eyes, and there in front of you, you see…the weekend Rumpus roundup. On Saturday, Yumi Sakugawa provided some practical instructions for actions you…