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The Rumpus Interview with Molly Ringwald
I’ve been thinking so much about the conversation between an author and a reader lately. I’ve been on book tour, talking to people. I’ve been replying to tweets. I get e-mails. It is thrilling. Even...
View ArticleNick Cave Monday #48: “Red Right Hand”
When the bell chimes a man emerges from the shadows. Or it’s a ghost who wants to haunt your soul. Or it’s a guru to give you enlightenment for your path. Or it’s a god.There’s really no salvation with...
View ArticleYoung Writer Cold, Too Many Drafts
You may have encountered the six word story in lit class, Hemingway’s“For sale: baby shoes, never worn.” Follow us here for a site dedicated to them.Six-Word Memoirs is hosting the #SixWords Festival...
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The Rumpus Interview with Women in Clothes
After noticing her boyfriend’s great care in selecting his clothing, the inherently inquisitive Sheila Heti (How Should a Person Be?) reached out to The Believer colleague and friend Heidi Julavits...
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Remembering Molly
Vinnie Dombroski screams through my car speakers: On your note is my reply, I wished I loved you… Don’t ask why. Sponge’s song “Molly (Sixteen Candles Down the Drain)” is a dualistic post-grunge...
View ArticleSitting Pretty
With a flair for the both the juiciest and most humanizing parts of the story, Soraya Roberts over at Hazlitt pens a sweeping indictment of/love letter to John Hughes:Thirty years on, however, we’ve...
View ArticleGirl Power: Quan Barry’s We Ride Upon Sticks
In Quan Barry’s deliciously irreverent We Ride Upon Sticks, which turns every Brat Pack-era phallocentric trope on its head, the 1989 Danvers High School field hockey team parties like it’s 1699. Or...
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