The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #101: The Dardenne Brothers
Perhaps most consistent and striking across the spare, unflinching filmography of brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne is the degree of integrity granted each of their characters. Theirs is a...
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Our Own Bodies: A Conversation with JoAnna Novak
Eating disorder narratives tend to orbit one of two types of protagonists: “poor little rich (very thin) girl terrified of her budding sexuality” or “hyper-disciplined alpha female with severe...
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What to Read When: Rumpus Staff Favorites 2017
You know that moment when you are like, Oh my god what is this chocolate doing on the wall? And you scratch it off with your finger and then you lick your finger, just a little. Just to figure out what...
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Language Is Sensational: A Conversation with Eileen G’Sell
It was, my friend, a good story. Very, very, very romantic. Several people died. It was black and white, and then it was color. A man got sad, and then he got angry. We all got laid, agreed it was fun....
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Notable NYC: 2/24–3/2
Saturday 2/24: Chloë Bass, Hannah Black, and Yulan Grant join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 2/25: Melissa Febos, sam sax, Sophie McManus, Natalie Eilbert, and Sean DesVignes join...
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Notable Los Angeles: 3/5–3/11
Monday 3/5: Jonathan Kauffman discusses his new book Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We Eat. 7:30 p.m. at The Last Bookstore. Live Talks LA...
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Notable San Francisco: 3/7–3/12
Wednesday 3/7: Pandemonium Press presents Sugartown Voices (featured readers and open mic). Free, 7 p.m., Octopus Literary Salon (Oakland). National Book Award finalist Solmaz Sharif reads and...
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A Glittering Journey: Eileen G’Sell’s Life After Rugby
The title of the first poem in Eileen G’Sell’s Life After Rugby (Gold Wake Press, 2018) is a directive: “Follow the Girl in the Red Boots.” On the page, the poem is even, syntactically measured, easy...
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A Year in Rumpus Book Reviews
In our 2018 staff picks feature, Poetry Editor Molly Spencer wrote: Reviews make us better readers (and better writers) by putting words to something we, as reader, sensed about a book, but couldn’t...
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Notable NYC: 4/27–5/3
Saturday 4/27: Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day with Greenlight, Powerhouse , Community Bookstore, Books Are Magic, BookCulture, and more. All Day. Free. Farnoosh Faithi and Stephanie Young join the...
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