Farrah Fawcett: 1947-2009
Farrah Fawcett and my mother were born about a month-and-a-half apart, and to my knowledge, that’s all they have in common. Fawcett’s death has been overshadowed by Michael Jackson’s, which was...
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Other People We Married
Emma Straub’s debut collection of stories, Other People We Married, is full of quirky, thoughtful, resonating characters and has earned her comparisons with Lorrie Moore.When an author is compared to...
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The Rumpus Interview with Manuel Gonzales
Manuel Gonzales’s first book, The Miniature Wife, a collection of short stories, was often compared to work by George Saunders, Aimee Bender, and Karen Russell. Three years ago, shortly after the...
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Market Researching My Desire
The black lace of elastic around my thigh and the silk of the stockings opaque and dark against my white leg, framed me in a Mad Men kind of desire. I rode a top of him, a master jockey, used to...
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Out of the Trenches: The Rumpus Review of Wonder Woman
Moments before climbing out of an Allied trench on the Western Front to face German firepower, Wonder Woman, played by Gal Gadot, pauses for an unusual step in preparation: she lets her hair down. It’s...
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