The Dead Sea Scrolls of John Dillinger
The tale of a long-lost account of one of America’s most notorious criminals, a struggling ad man, and the contributing editor at Playboy who brought the story to light.This week, Michael Mann’s newest...
View ArticleThe Ballad of the Whiskey Robber: The Rumpus Interview with Julian Rubinstein
Ten years ago today, Attila Ambrus (a.k.a. the “Whiskey Robber”), arguably the worst pro-hockey goalie in history, hastily twisted together a makeshift rope out of computer cables and bedsheets and...
View ArticleDear Dr. Thompson: The Rumpus Interview with Matthew L. Moseley
That’s what Hunter Thompson would have really wanted for people to understand, how one little letter can change your life. If you reach out, if you connect to the right person in the right way, it can...
View ArticleWriting Tomorrow Better
Find yourself at the New York Times for Nick Bilton’s most recent article, a piece on the ways in which the sci-fi of the past has affected our real-life present. Moreover, Bilton highlights a recently...
View ArticleMusic’s Living Undead
On the 20th anniversary of Tupac Shakur’s recorded death, the music community is still asking the question: did that really happen? At Consequence of Sound, Alex Young makes the case for Shakur’s...
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