Dear Sugar's True Identity, Elizabeth Bishop's Brownies, and More

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Evan Smith Rakoff
2.15.12

The Rumpus revealed the author of its Dear Sugar advice column is novelist Cheryl Strayed; the Millions investigates the evolving payment models used by literary magazines; Jesse Eisenberg details how NBA basketball standout Jeremy Lin has helped him through tough times; and other news.

Disaster Revisited

2.15.12

Think about a time or incident from your past when you just barely averted disaster. Write a story about it, but change the circumstances so that the disaster actually happens.

Black History Month

In honor of Black History Month, the folks at Open Road Media put together this collection of interviews in which authors such as Alice Walker, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Virginia Hamilton, and others discuss the significance of storytelling as part of African American culture.

Unexplained Endings

2.14.12

Poet Stanley Kunitz often advised his students to end a poem on an image without explaining it. Write a new poem or revise an old one, ending it with an evocative image left unexplained.

Creepy Valentine

Where's Barbie when you need her? "Sweet Talkin' Ken" takes Amy King's poem "Men by the Lips of Women" to creepy extremes in this special Valentine's Day installment of Clips.

Art History

Madison, Wisconsin artist Jayne Reid Jackson’s “Art History,” an altered book piece, was created as part of an exhibit called “Cover to Cover,” in which artists use books as materials and inspiration in their pieces. The exhibit was featured in Madison-area public libraries.

8. The Monastery

Outside of Amman, Jordan, is the ancient city of Petra where, according to Arab tradition, Moses struck a rock with his staff and water gushed forth. The Monastery, Petra's largest monument and a popular tourist destination, dates from the first century BC. 

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