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Hollywood Pilgrims
I recognized Monument Valley long before I saw the signs. Mesas and buttes rose like cathedrals from a dusty red floor, and in the midday sun, they appeared to be bleached white. I have hiked and...
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I’ve gotta get out of here, the protagonist decides, for the first time or maybe the fiftieth, taking stock of his humdrum town, suburban conformity, whatever he thinks is getting him down. The...
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Boyz n the Hood, Chi-Raq, and America 2016
During the introductory scene of John Singleton’s 1991 Boyz n the Hood, ten-year-old Tre Styles (Desi Arnex Heinz II) is walking home from school with his backpack-clad classmates down a suburban...
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: This American Paradise
“Paradise looks the same,” I tell the kids as we get out of the rental car at my Uncle Mick’s house. We’re exhausted from nearly 2000 miles of highway. The glare of lights from our tribal casino, The...
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Weekly Geekery
Want to craft spy thrillers? Learn science writing. The science infusing Fantastic Beasts, and where to find it. This is why you talk like a cowboy. Turn off Beyoncé if you want to actually write...
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Cowboy or Terrorist? Harney County and the Trump Presidency
1. In January 2016, in a corner of the Oregon high desert called Harney County, a group of anti-government militants walked into a federal wildlife refuge known primarily for protecting endangered...
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Sin Miedo
My father told me about the bee sting a few months after the birth of my son. He brought it up while I was hanging my new interview suit in the closet. It was not my regular size. Nothing was the same...
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