The Rumpus
  • My Account
  • Essays
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Comics
  • Features
    • Interviews
    • The First Book
    • Reviews
    • Themed Months
    • What to Read When
  • Columns
    • Beyond the Page
    • Close Reads
    • Collaborative Criticism
    • ENOUGH
    • Funny Women
    • Parallel Practice
    • Voices on Addiction
    • We Are More
    • Conversations With Writers Braver Than Me
    • Dear Sugar
    • Roxane Gay
    • All Columns
  • Store
  • Prize
  • Rumpus Membership
  • Merch
  • Letters in the Mail
  • Bonfire Merch
  • My Account
Become a MemberDonate
Become a Member Donate
The Rumpus
The Rumpus The Rumpus
  • My Account
  • Essays
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Comics
  • Features
    • Interviews
    • The First Book
    • Reviews
    • Themed Months
    • What to Read When
  • Columns
    • Beyond the Page
    • Close Reads
    • Collaborative Criticism
    • ENOUGH
    • Funny Women
    • Parallel Practice
    • Voices on Addiction
    • We Are More
    • Conversations With Writers Braver Than Me
    • Dear Sugar
    • Roxane Gay
    • All Columns
  • Store
  • Prize
0
The Latest
The allure of elsewhere
  • Essays

Prince Edward Island

  • Karen Babine
  • May 16, 2025
This chapter is an excerpt from Karen Babine’s memoir, The Allure of Elsewhere, out May 20, 2025 with Milkweed Editions. I leave Fundy National Park and its unreasonable infestation of black flies under clear skies and brave the grade down to Alma, where the tide was out. I didn’t get…
  • Fiction

Rumpus Original Fiction: Casserole

  • Katie McIvor
  • May 16, 2025
He trusted her. He loved her. He was waiting for her to provide.
  • Poetry

Rumpus Original Poetry: Katherine Tunning

  • Katherine Tunning
  • May 15, 2025
Thoughts well up like that sometimes. / Brief pleasure in watching them blossom, / cutting them off. Today is slow. / I expect tomorrow will be also.
  • The First Book

The First Book: Veena Dinavahi

  • Veena Dinavahi
  • May 14, 2025
Make your own meaning. It sounds cliché, but I’ve come to accept it as a survival skill.
  • ENOUGH

ENOUGH: The Last Beautiful Day

  • Jen Shepherd
  • May 13, 2025
The day holds so much promise.
  • Reviews

“Three Initiates”: On Jeanne Thornton’s A/S/L

  • Erin Vachon
  • May 13, 2025
When Thornton’s characters’ lives on and off screen drastically diverge, A/S/L not only satisfies nostalgia, but catapults the narrative to a whole new level.
  • Fiction

Rumpus Original Fiction: The Sun Never Sets on the Sunrise Highway

  • Connor White
  • May 12, 2025
With so little going on, we get to talking. Talk about the past, chitchat to pass the time.
  • Interviews

The Tightrope Walk of Making Comics: A Conversation with María Medem

  • Eliza Harris
  • May 12, 2025
I have a love for showing movement and things as they are. I feel very uncomfortable when things are abrupt, especially if the story doesn’t call for it.
News & Upcoming Events
  • Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman to lead The Rumpus as magazine’s new owners
  • March Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
  • February Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
  • January Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
  • The Rumpus Prize
Become a member!
The Rumpus Membership

Become a MONTHLY or ANNUAL RUMPUS MEMBER and receive exclusive content, editorial insights, merch discounts, and more! *Annual Members also receive access to submit their work year-round outside of our regular no-fee reading periods.

Be a part of building a better Rumpus!

JOIN NOW!
Featured
Comics
Fragments
  • Jenni Belotserkovsky and Sarah Yahm
  • April 3, 2025
On Tove Jansson’s Eccentrics and Oddballs
  • Emily Webber, Rachel Luria, and Beverly Luria
  • March 7, 2025
The Rite
  • Rosie Brand
  • March 6, 2025
more comics
Essays
Home is a Word Unspoken
  • Tamar Mekredijian
  • April 18, 2025
Pigs Rooting for Truffles
  • Jenny Li
  • April 15, 2025
Contra
  • Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo
  • April 1, 2025
more Essays


Letters in the Mail from Authors!

Receive letters with creative prompts from some of our favorite authors written just for Rumpus readers and sent straight into your (snail) mailbox 2 x a month!

Sign up for Letters!
Fiction
Rumpus Original Fiction: Two Flash Stories by Hyo Jin Ha
  • Hyo Jin Ha
  • April 28, 2025
Rumpus Original Fiction: Tuesday Morning, Downtown
  • Sabrina Lim Fang
  • April 14, 2025
Rumpus Original Fiction: For the Love of a Body
  • E. B. Taylor
  • March 24, 2025
More Fiction
What to Read When
Katy Family cover
What to Read When You’re Looking for Romance
  • Gemini Wahhaj
  • April 11, 2025
True Believer
What to Read When You’re a True Believer
  • Jeff Kass
  • March 28, 2025
tilt cover
What to Read When You’re Freaking out About Earthquakes
  • Emma Pattee
  • March 14, 2025
More Lists
Poetry
National Poetry Month: Hala Alyan
  • Hala Alyan
  • April 30, 2025
National Poetry Month: Ansel Elkins
  • Ansel Elkins
  • April 29, 2025
National Poetry Month: Julian Talamantez Brolaski
  • Julian Talamantez Brolaski
  • April 28, 2025
More Poetry
Columns
We Are More: Istanbul
  • Eman Quotah
  • April 24, 2025
Voices on Addiction: The Shape of Memory
  • Jessy Easton
  • April 22, 2025
We Are More: Five Poems by Jen Siraganian
  • Jen Siraganian
  • March 27, 2025
More Columns
Reviews
We Must All Transition: Paul B. Preciado’s Dysphoria Mundi
  • Acree Graham Macam
  • April 29, 2025
Unfun: Mariah Stovall’s I Love You So Much It’s Killing Us Both
  • Seán Carlson
  • April 22, 2025
The Wildness of Grief: Sarah Giragosian’s Mother Octopus
  • Barbara Ungar
  • April 16, 2025
More Reviews
Interviews
The Gifts of a Father’s Schizophrenia: A Conversation with Natasha Williams
  • Erin Wood
  • May 5, 2025
The Kingdom of Happy Land: A Conversation with Dolen Perkins-Valdez
  • Nefertiti Asanti
  • April 28, 2025
“A Here that is Not This”: An Undocupoets Roundtable Conversation
  • Yes(sí)
  • April 25, 2025
More Interviews
Even more Rumpus
Letters in the mail (from authors)

Receive letters from some of our favorite authors written just for Rumpus readers and sent straight into your (snail) mailbox 2 x a month!

sign up now!
Become a Member!

Become a MONTHLY or ANNUAL RUMPUS MEMBER and receive exclusive content, editorial insights, merch discounts, and more! Annual Members also receive access to submit their work year-round outside of our regular no-fee reading periods. Be a part of building a better Rumpus!

Join today!

The Rumpus publishes original fiction, poetry, literary humor writing, comics, essays, book reviews, and interviews with authors and artists of all kinds. Our mostly volunteer-run magazine strives to be a platform for risk-taking voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere. We lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers our readers may already know and love. We want to bring new perspectives into the conversation that will make us all look deeper.

We believe that literature builds community—and if reading The Rumpus makes you feel more connected, please show your support! Get your Rumpus merch in our online store. Subscribe to receive Letters in the Mail from authors or join us by becoming a monthly or yearly Member.

We support independent bookstores! 10% of sales on any titles purchased through our Bookshop.org page or affiliate links benefits the magazine.

The Rumpus in your Inbox!
The Rumpus
  • Team
  • About & Writers’ Guidelines
  • Advertise
  • TOS and Privacy Policy
© 2025, The Rumpus.

Input your search keywords and press Enter.