Owners and Publishers: Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman
Managing Editor: Laura June Topolsky
Essays
Editors: Robbie Maakestad (he/him), Kate Branca (she/her), Taylor Byas (she/her), Anna Held
Readers: Sergio Muro (he/him), Tiffany Yo (she/her), David Perry, Anson Julia Tong, Rachel Schinderman, Elizabeth Lee
Fiction
Editors: Marilyn Ramirez, Noah Rosenzweig, Reena Shah, Chris Santantasio, WS Gong (he/him)
Readers: Maxwell Suzuki (he/him), Amy Wheeler Harwood, Elizabeth Zertuche (she/her), Muskan Nagpal, Shaqueta Gadson, C. Teresa Yang, Tolani Akinola, Lise Ragbir, Emily Kling, Kyara Camille
Poetry
Editors: Emma Hyche (she/her), janan alexandra, Monica Romo Masiello
Readers: Javeria Hasnain, Danielle Shi, Shana Ross, Moon Zaman, Carol Dorf, Emily Ramirez, Jasmin Benward, Shelley Wong, Nina Mamikunian, Brad Richard, Brian Sonia Wallace
Criticism
Editors: J Brooke (they/them), TBD
Poetry Reviews Editor: Adedayo Agarau
Comics
Editors: Aubrey Hirsch, Eliza Harris, MariNaomi
Interviews
Editors: Annelies Zijderveld, TBD
#SmallPressSunday: Janet Rodriguez
Engagement Editor: Caitlin Rae Taylor
Letters in the Mail: Kaitlyn Adams
Store Manager: Meg Pillow
The magazine wouldn’t exist today without the following founding editors and foundational supporters: Isaac Fitzgerald (co-founder and managing editor), Roxane Gay (essays), Cheryl Strayed (Dear Sugar), Katy Henriksen (music), Paul Madonna (comics), Molly McArdle (Tumblr), Jason Novak (illustration), Rebecca Rubenstein (interviews), Brian Spears (poetry), and to our former store managers, Wendy Rutkowski and Eric Carroll.
Thanks also to former publishers Marisa Siegel and Alyson Sinclair, former editors-in-chief Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn and Aram Mrjoian, and managing editors Stephanie Trott, Lisa Dusenbery, Marissa Korbel, Zoë Ruiz, and Lyz Lenz.
We are also grateful for the guidance and support of Mary-Kim Arnold, Melissa Febos, Julie Greicius, Christine H. Lee, Celeste Ng, Claire Vaye Watkins, Julie Buntin, and our former volunteer board members Catherine Campbell, Kristine Leja, Courtney Maum, Kelly Sundberg, Cindy Tran, Mark Wallace, and Reema Zaman.
And to every volunteer reader, editor, contributor, and artist we’ve published on The Rumpus: you are the reason we exist. Thank you for being a part of the magazine’s past, present, and future.
Disclaimer
The Rumpus is an independent arts and literary magazine. The perspectives and opinions expressed in the writing we publish are those of individual contributors. They do not necessarily reflect the perspectives and opinions of the co-publishers, patrons, editors, or other staff members associated with the magazine.