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The Rumpus Review of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
My name is Jeff and I’m an addict. My drug of choice: Swedish detective fiction. After an intense phase of reading Iris Murdoch novels, I found myself washed ashore in a dreaded no man’s land; I was...
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The Rumpus Interview with M.E. Thomas
M.E. Thomas began writing her singular memoir Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight thinking that stories from her life were not enough to be included. She talked to me about...
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The Rumpus Interview with Frederick Barthelme
Frederick Barthelme’s newest novel, There Must Be Some Mistake, is the latest update of the style and content he has perfected over the years. Barthelme’s novels upgrade like the iPhone (the title of...
View ArticleThe Saturday Rumpus Essay: Falling For The Femme Fatale
Before I was a goth, I was a nerd.I imagine this is a dual transition a lot of young men went through before “geek” was “chic”: when you don’t have particularly good social skills, junior high and high...
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The Rumpus Interview with Peter Mendelsund
You can, if you are so inclined, easily find someone to tell you how design is important because the product is important. There are magazines, blogs, and podcasts dedicated to convincing you that it’s...
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Kill Bob
When I was 15 years old, I came to associate evil with a jean-jacketed, gray-haired, man-monster. His name was Bob and although his rapes and murders of young women were restricted to the all-too-real...
View ArticleUnimaginable Situations
Literature has always functioned as a singular means of finding empathy for others in situations one might otherwise be unable to imagine.At the Huffington Post, Erika Johansen discusses the social...
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Vigilantism and Orange is the New Black: The Anxiety of Injustice
In eager anticipation of the fourth season of Orange Is the New Black, I recently binged the entire series once again. I’ve long been drawn to the show’s rare commitment to depicting women’s diverse...
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“The Book I Said I Would Never Write”: Talking with Karolina Ramqvist
Karolina Ramqvist is a big deal in Sweden, and now she’s arrived in the US. Ramqvist made her English debut in February with the translation of her novel The White City. Already a bestseller in Sweden,...
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What to Read When Trying to Figure Out Who You Are
Growing up I didn’t have many real-life role models for how to be a girl. Because we were constantly on the move, I didn’t have many friends. I was determined not to be like my mother, and my four...
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