“I really believe that most writers in America have taken on this idea that we’re never going to get paid–and so we accept so little for what we do, when what we do is so valuable. And it’s wanted.” –Ali Liebegott

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“On a more serious note, I don’t think women have enough space for expression. Some people like to believe women don’t poop. This is absurd. I poop an insane amount. I just pooped, in fact. Hear that men of the world? I poop. Get over it.”

The Rumpus’s own Elissa Bassist, editor of the Funny Women column, interviewed by PANK Magazine here. We’re so proud.

“. . . This is a critical time not just for Granta but also for the future of the literary journal as an art form. It is no longer enough for a literary magazine to publish ‘good writing,’ or even ‘new writing.’ We’ve got the Internet now.”

So says Dan Crowe in his article “Publish and Be Damned,” which is part review of the 100th issue of Granta, a British “magazine of new writing,” and part call for a literary revolution. …more