Government Shut Down Round-Up
This is the first federal government shut down in 17 years! Here is a break down in who goes to work and who stays home. Even if the shut down…
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Ashley Perez
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Ashley Perez lives, writes, and causes trouble in Los Angeles. She has a strong affinity for tattoos, otters, cat mystery books, and actual cats, but has mixed feelings about pants. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. She runs the literary site Arts Collide and does work of all varieties for Women Who Submit, Entropy, Jaded Ibis Press, and Why There Are Words. You can find her on Twitter at @ArtsCollide.
Enter the Natural Way
Rumpus contributor Wendy C. Ortiz is on the trail of Mary Jane. The debut of her monthly column at McSweeney’s has her visiting medical marijuana dispensaries all over Los Angeles…
It’s Banned Book Week!
It is that wonderful time of year when a scent of the forbidden fills the air. It is banned book week and the LA Times has assembled a gallery of…
You Are Behaving Like An Animal
Forthrite presents: You are behaving like an animal, a book and series of prints by Rumpus illustrator Liam Golden! You are behaving like an animal invites viewers to re-invent the myths and…
The Bullies of Goodreads
“When you’re an author, you expect that you’re going to get bad reviews. You expect that you may even get extremely bad, unfair reviews. But there is a segment of…
Feeling Unlucky?
If you’re feeling unlucky, think about Winston from 1984 or Grandmother from A Good Man is Hard to Find. How about Gregor from The Metamorphosis? These characters didn’t necessarily have an unfortunate…
Notable Los Angeles: 9/7-9/13
Saturday 9/7: Write Large Press presents LAB●FEST in celebration of the grand opening of DT●LAB (an independent art, literature, music and creative space.) Readers include Sesshu Foster, Luis Javier Rodriguez,…
Babylon Salon in SF
This Saturday don’t miss the Babylon Salon at Cash Bar Exotica! The event features Dean Rader, Ben Loory, Mark Morford, Anita Barrows, and Lindsay Tam Holland. Learn more about the event here. The…
Barevolution, Hello Revolution!
If George Orwell survived a shot in the throat by a fascist sniper, surely I could muster the courage to walk past a pro-government storm trooper to offer a polite…
Literature hits the streets of LA
Save the date! The Rumpus & Dirty Laundry Lit present a fun-filled event for the first-ever Lit-Crawl in Los Angeles. The stellar line-up includes Susan Orlean, Simone Kang, and Johnny Alfie, as well…
The Joyners: Comic Adaptation
We’re definitely intrigued by The Joyners, a book that will include 3D art. It’s also described as a meeting of The Jetsons and American Beauty! Learn more about The Joyners on The…
Notable Los Angeles: 8/31-9/6
Saturday 8/31: Please join PoetrIE, an Inland Empire literary community, for a night of poetry at Beyond Baroque! Featuring world renowned Poet Chad Sweeney and a special guest with the…