Weekend Rumpus Roundup
First, Brandon Hicks brings us an illustrated retrospective of the works of Franklin “Boobs & Butt” Barber. Then, in the Saturday Rumpus Review of Todd Haynes’s movie Carol, Sean Donovan considers...
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If a link falls on the Internet and no one is online to click it, does it really make a connection? Michael Seidlinger takes on the Sisyphean task of building identity in cyberspace: We have all become...
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Notable NYC: 4/8–4/14
Saturday 4/8: Chris Hayes presents A Colony in a Nation in conversation with Wesley Lowery. St. Joseph’s College, 6 p.m, $30. Claudia Rankine and Garnette Cadogan give the keynote address at the Focus...
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Notable NYC: 2/17–2/23
Saturday 2/17: Sonia Louise Davis and Yulan Grant join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 2/18: Sarah Gerard, Michael Seidlinger and, Jeff Parker present We Can’t Help If We Are From...
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #136: Shy Watson
Shy Watson lives in a basement bedroom with no windows. She greets me with coffee even though it’s after 9 p.m. A curtain divides the room. We sit on a couch in the half she’s converted into a common...
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Notable NYC: 9/15–9/21
Saturday 9/15: Claudia Dey presents Heartbreaker with Leslie Feist. Books Are Magic, 7 p.m., free. Charlotte Seley, Sandra Simonds, Laura Marie Marciano, and others read poetry. Unnameable Books, 2...
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Notable NYC: 10/13–10/19
Saturday 10/13: Myra Al-Rahim and Myung Mi Kim join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 10/14: Mary Cinadr, Phillipe McHate, Andrew Cothren, Bailey Cohen, and Suzanne Highland join the...
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Notable NYC: 11/3–11/9
Saturday 11/3: Fei Liu 刘斐 and Sharon Mesmer join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 11/4: Joshua Idaszak, Anushah Jiwani, and Cheryl Boyce Taylor joins Poets & Writers for an evening...
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Notable Online: 3/28–4/3
Sunday 3/29: Brandon Brown, Precious Okyomon, Bridget Talone, Dana Ward, and Rachel Rabbit White join Wonder Press for “Club Wonder.” Club Wonder via Zoom, 9 p.m. EDT, free. Monday 3/30: Literary...
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Notable Online: 9/13–9/19
Sunday 9/13: Fariha Róisín presents Like a Bird with Tanaïs. Skylight Books via CrowdCast, 3 p.m. PDT, free. Monday 9/14: Marie-Helene Bertino, Vanessa Veselka, Sam Pink, and Michael Seidlinger, join...
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