A Perfect Sketch of a Moment: Janet Malcolm’s Still Pictures
"Memory is not a journalist's tool. Memory glimmers and hints, but shows nothing sharply or clear."
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Three Flash Fictions by Nathan Xie
"Sprezzatura," "An Attempt to Explain Myself," & "The Last Norwegian Wolf"
Inheritance, Family, and Beauty: A Conversation with Olivia Wolfgang-Smith
Olivia Wolfgang-Smith’s debut novel Glassworks (Bloomsbury Publishing, May 2023) follows one family through four generations. The story begins in 1910 with the wealthy young philanthropist Agnes Carter, and then follows…
June Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
Our next Letters in the Mail come from authors Paul Ceballos and James Allen Hall
Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Winshen Liu
Grief is the Easter Moon lily that blooms in / an empty room. It is not the canyon / glowing, like the inside of a persimmon torn / open by thumbs, but all of the hours, and / only ever those hours, waiting for that glow.
Our Own Messy, Imperfect Reactions and Feelings: Talking with Hannah Matthews
I'm working on a piece right now for the New York Times where I knew the last sentence before I knew the argument I was making.
Female Trouble: Cookie Mueller’s Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black
If you want to evoke the idea of who someone really is, start by showing us what they see.
Rumpus Original Fiction: Slime
The slime problem had hatched when her daughter’s first grade class learned how to make putty they took home in plastic eggs.
They Are The Bones: A Conversation with Kelly Link
Going around the world because you can't go through it
The Work We Can Do Only As We Age: A Conversation with Priscilla Long
I approach research dutifully and compulsively.
From the Archives: “After the Plantation Fire,” a Rumpus Original Poem by Traci Brimhall
I’ve made the choice // between brushing flies from a child’s eyes or digging / a grave deeper. It’s easier than you’d think.
RUMPUS POETRY BOOK CLUB EXCERPT: SAGITTARIUS by Megan Fernandes
The June 2023 Rumpus Poetry Book Club selection is Megan Fernandes' I DO EVERYTHING I'M TOLD. Subscribe by May 15 to the Poetry Book Club to receive this title and an invitation to an exclusive conversation with the author via Crowdcast.