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Welcome to your first day of hell:Any of the following will be grounds for immediate dismissal during the probationary period: coming in late or leaving early without prior permission; being...
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The Rules Of Inheritance
Claire Bidwell Smith’s fantastic memoir, The Rules Of Inheritance, is coming out this week in paperback. If you haven’t already read this book you should take the opportunity.Here’s an interview with...
View ArticleThe Bad Haircut
In an interview with their father two young girls, age three and five, explain the worst haircut ever. Related Posts:The Rumpus Interview with Andrew SolomonBirdlings and Other Young PoetsWayne Coyne’s...
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The Best Of Not 2012
We’ve never liked lists. They favor trends and items that are heavily marketed as opposed to art that withstands the test of time. But we found a way around that. Since 2008 (before we even launched)...
View ArticleLetters To Each Other III
It was a year ago today we launched Letters In The Mail. It’s been a learning process, and we’re still learning. It’s a struggle, always, to stay relevant and interesting without repeating yourself....
View ArticleThe Problem with the Problem with Memoir
I got an email from a friend yesterday asking me if I’d seen this article on Gawker, Journalism Is Not Narcissism, by Hamilton Nolan. I hadn’t but I was aware of the argument. It’s an easy one to make,...
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Adobe
Remember when Chris Cobb rearranged all the books at Adobe by color?Related Posts:No related posts…
View ArticleI Want To Live
A PDF of “I Want To Live” by Thom Jones. From the story collection The Pugilist At Rest. Also featured in The Best American Stories of the Century.Related Posts:No related posts…
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Sundance So Far
The World According To Dick Cheney is a very good, maybe great documentary. It isn’t The Fog Of War, but it has an element of that. And it isn’t Tyson, but it has an element of that too. If you walk...
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The Rumpus Interview With Michelle Orange
We sat on my bed, our backs against the wall, talking about her essay collection, This Is Running For Your Life.1. Setting Up The Interview, The Part About UsThe Rumpus: So… um… like what I’ll do is...
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Click this link for a picture of a rabbit vibrator
Good Vibrations has donated a special vibrator for a scene in the Happy Baby movie. It’s called The Rabbit Habit. Thanks Good Vibrations, we love you back!Related Posts:No related posts…
View ArticleCharlie Rose by Samuel Beckett
You might have seen this already, but it’s worth seeing again: Related Posts:No related posts…
View ArticleBaby Boy Bad
The most memorable scenes featuring Kenard from The Wire:Related Posts:Whale: 1685, Kitten: 1Donnell Loves FranAn Interview with The Wire‘s Omar Sounds like a reasonable positionSome Special Video...
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Songs Inspired by and Played for Actors on the Set of the Motion Picture...
1. My Adidas – Run DMC: The kids are ten years old, smoking in a park. The Asian child says to young Theo, Mrs. Smith is fucking hot, I’m going to fuck her. Theo says, How are you going to do that,...
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Laura’s Letter
We have a really cool letter from Laura Bogart going out next week for subscribers to Letters In The Mail. Laura was last seen on The Rumpus with the Sunday essay, Rage. Her letter includes this...
View ArticleReading With The Well-Read Wife
Book club member, Mandy Boles reviews Rumpus Book Club selection Tampa over at the Well-Read Wife blog.Related Posts:No related posts…
View ArticleBrian Spears: Poetry Editor In Chief
Check it out peoples. Rumpus Poetry editor (and book club manager), Brian Spears, made Flavorwire’s list of 23 People Who Will Make You Care About Poetry. Of course!We also want to point out that 14 of...
View ArticleAnnouncing: Zoe Ruiz
We’d like to welcome Zoe Ruiz, our new managing editor. Zoe has been writing for The Rumpus since May 22, 2009. Her first piece for The Rumpus was On Cat Power: It Must Be The Colors. Earlier this year...
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Big announcement! We’ve just launched The Weekly Rumpus! The Weekly Rumpus is free to download to your iPad or iPhone and includes the first issue. We don’t yet have an Android version, but we will,...
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