The Latest
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Embroidered Art: Diana Weymar on Andrea Gibson
Twice each month, artist Diana Weymar will dig into the Rumpus archives and make a piece of art — hand embroidered — from one of our previously published pieces.
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Incantations for a Migrant’s Journey
Like the coconut, may your journey break open into sweetness. Àṣẹ And at its end— more sweetness.
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Books that Made Me Gay: “The Group” by Mary McCarthy
Provided that your girlfriend can drive on the freeway, you might spend Saturdays at the beach. Mine can and we do. After ritually sacrificing a tube of sunscreen, we unwrap soft deli sandwiches and I am bowled over by my…
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Writing the Long, Strange Aftermath: A Conversation with Emily St. John Mandel
Philosophically, I always feel like as writers we should be working at the very outer edge of our talent. Because otherwise, we are not improving and the books aren’t getting better. I feel like I really did that with this…
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you won’t hear this
When mom would tell me the story of my birth, I always imagined the hospital room was dark, like the only light was coming in from the hallway or maybe a small nightlight plugged into a far corner of the…
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A Pair of Death Trips
There, she meets a man who tells her of the ascendant rise and fall of his wealth, how inheriting a few Norman Rockwell paintings led to a cross-country motorcycle journey and, eventually, drug-fueled, late-night lawn mowing. Every character is full…
