Black Friday Sale and Rumpus Holiday Gifts!
This holiday season, give the gift of Rumpus!
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Rumpus Original Fiction: What Wasn’t
She gave him a small, relieved laugh. In another world, she replied.
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Disclosing Disability and Finding Freedom: Talking with James Tate Hill
James Tate Hill discusses his new memoir, BLIND MAN’S BLUFF.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Àkpà Árinzèchukwu
I guess we’ll never know // if God is for or against us.
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Honoring Street-Level New Orleans: A Conversation with Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Maurice Carlos Ruffin discusses his new story collection, THE ONES WHO DON’T SAY THEY LOVE YOU.
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ENOUGH: The Boogeyman
A Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Awake to the World: Talking with Tyler Barton
Tyler Barton discusses his new story collection, ETERNAL NIGHT AT THE NATURE MUSEUM.
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What to Read When: A Holiday Book-Gifting Guide
Rumpus recommendations for books to gift to friends and family this holiday season!
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Opening Survival Doors Through Language: A Conversation with Stacey Waite
Stacey Waite talks about her poetry collections BUTCH GEOGRAPHY and THE LAKE HAS NO SAINT.
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Into Thin Air (The Women on Flight 305)
The only thing different about Dan Cooper was his bomb.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Yvanna Vien Tica
So, earthquake as a god, // creatures as determined judges.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Gene Kwak
Gene Kwak discusses his debut novel, GO HOME, RICKY!
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Finding Meaning at the Edge of Reality: Talking with Elissa Washuta
Elissa Washuta discusses her new essay collection, WHITE MAGIC.
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ENOUGH: Sorry I’m Fine No Thank You
A Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Voices on Addiction: Vessel
We both can disappear in our own ways, can’t we?
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Writing into the Unknown: A Conversation with Peter Ho Davies
A discussion with Peter Ho Davies to celebrate his new book, THE ART OF REVISION.
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What to Read When You Want to Quit Your Job
Wendy J. Fox shares a reading list to celebrate WHAT IF WE WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
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Writing Toward Surprise: A Conversation with Leslie Pietrzyk
Leslie Pietrzyk discusses her new story collection, ADMIT THIS TO NO ONE.
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What Russian Grammar Taught Me about Death
I wanted to feel in control of something, but I didn’t know how to say that.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Anthony Thomas Lombardi
so many miles just to slip / this skin. i won’t lie. i sobbed.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: shadowman
he lives in closets, stalks young kids, & takes them in the middle of the night.
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Smoke Signals to the Dead: A Conversation with Jenny Qi
Jenny Qi discusses her debut poetry collection, FOCAL POINT.
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ENOUGH: Doors
A Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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On Ghosting
To ghost, to refuse, to satisfy yourself with yourself, felt impossibly newfangled, like something I’d like to try.
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Reading Whitman While White
It is only by holding Whitman accountable for all of his language that we can also love other parts of his language and poetics.
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The Burden of Translation: Talking with Leonora Simonovis
Leonora Simonovis discusses her debut collection, STUDY OF THE RAFT.
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate the Harlem Renaissance
Kimberly Garrett Brown shares a reading list to celebrate CORA’S KITCHEN.
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Trouble the Waters: A Conversation with Louise Marburg
Louise Marburg discusses her new story collection, NO DIVING ALLOWED.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Be a Comedy Legend with One Simple Trick That Is Bees
NOTE: Be sure to jot down all jokes before you stop breathing.
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Searching for Sleeper Trains
There aren’t enough trains in Los Angeles. Not enough for me to sleep.
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