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The Other John Reed

Writer John Reed is a genre buster. His new book, Free Boat: Collected Lies and Love Poems, is a collection of sonnets about love scenarios mostly gone amok, which he began sharing on Facebook some...

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #55: Donald Ray Pollock

Donald Ray Pollock has been steadily serving up plates of mild horror since his first book of short stories, Knockemstiff, appeared in 2008. Pollock followed the explosion of Knockemstiff with The...

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Guns Don’t Kill People, Poets Do

Verlaine bought the 7mm six-shooter in Brussels on the morning of 10 July 1873, determined to put an end to a torrid two-year affair with his teenage lover.The gun Paul Verlaine used to wound fellow...

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Never Too Early for Next Year

The power of yarn compels you! The power of yarn compels you! The power of yarn compels you!With Halloween being about the coolest holiday we see all year, you might want to check out this crochet...

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Alors, Those French Smell So Good

Osman Ahmed sat down with fragrance maker Timothy Hahn for AnOther.com to discuss his latest installment of literary-inspired luxuries:When Han created a scent inspired by Simone de Beauvoir’s 1938...

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How Books Saved Mary Oliver’s Life

Feeling anxious about today’s election? Brain Pickings gives us a look at how writer Mary Oliver copes when times are tough:The second world—the world of literature—offered me, besides the pleasures of...

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How to Dinner Party Like Dalí

From entre-plats to oral sex in three easy steps! As the iconic artist’s opulent cookbook Les Dîners de Gala is reprinted by Taschen, we assess what it really takes to dine like Dalí.Jake Hall reports...

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #68: David Kukoff

“To read,” wrote E.M. Cioran, “is to let someone else do the work for you.” Indeed, David Kukoff has done extensive footwork collecting an array of varied experiences to give us an idea of what it was...

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The Rumpus Interview with Clarence Major

The difficulty with interviewing Clarence Major is deciding where to begin. His long and varied career encompasses numerous literary and artistic movements here and abroad. As a painter, poet, and...

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #103: Andrew Battershill

Andrew Battershill’s debut novel, Pillow, heeds the advice of its subject matter and enters the realm of the surreal and imagined. Picture the French Surrealists recast as mobsters running a crime ring...

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