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Ashley Perez
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“You are a true man.” A letter writer’s delight!
In what has to be one of the best examples of correspondence history, Letters of Note has published a fan letter from a young Bram Stoker to Walt Whitman: “The four years which have elapsed have made me love your…
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Literature in Your Skin
If you need a few minutes to break away from your day, why don’t you head on over to Tattoo Lit, where the word is made flesh. It is updated regularly with submissions of tattoos inspired by literature. Virginia Woolf,…
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The Letters Festival
The Letters Festival is happening now in Atlanta. A three day literature festival with writing workshops, panels, and readings. If you’re in town, go see our very own Rumpus editor Roxane Gay at The Goat Farm Arts Center at 6:30…
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To Outline Or Not To Outline
Are you like John Irving, who outlines his novels to the last detail? Or are you more like Flannery O’Connor, who works the story out through multiple drafts? There are many thoughts on the internet about the pros and cons…
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The Families We Create
Rumpus contributor Michelle Tea talks with Ms. Fit Magazine about getting pregnant, the families we create ourselves, and MUTHA Magazine. Here is probably one of the coolest quotes ever seen in an interview: “I do think there are tons of…
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What I’d Tell You If I Could
Shortly after the search and rescue team found your body, your accountant called and said she’d had her aromatherapist blend a special floral concoction for me. She said it calmed her when her father died. I couldn’t help but think,…
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Coming out of the closet
In one of the most inspirational TedX talks of all time, Ash Beckham talks about the difficulty in coming out of any closet. The way she describes it, the closet represents any difficult conversation you will ever have to have…
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The Black Clock 17 Launch!
Hey Los Angeles Rockers! Sunday night is the launch and reading event of Black Clock, issue 17 and you know you want to be there. Come see readings by: Cecil Castellucci, Rumpus contributor Antonia Crane, Dayna Dunne, Brian Evenson, and Andrew…
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Roar Shack is back!
Roar Shack presents: A Word With You! This Sunday, November 10th at 826LA 4 PM, David Rocklin brings us another great edition of Roar Shack. Featured readings by: John Eder, Mario Piumetti, Wendy Fontaine, and Live Writer winner Justine Musk.…
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Jerry Stahl & Marc Maron in one room!
Los Angeles! Comes see Rumpus columnist Jerry Stahl and Marc Maron at The Last Bookstore this Friday, November 8th at 7:30 PM. Jerry will be reading from his latest book, Happy Mutant Baby Pills and Marc will be reading from…
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Beautifully Disturbing
“Thank you. I love when people write “disturbing” in reference to my work. “Beautifully disturbing”? Even better.” In the newest issue of Specter Magazine, Kameelah Rasheed interviews Rumpus contributor Wendy C. Ortiz! The two talk about her two forthcoming book releases,…
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Do you want to write or do you want to be a writer?
“Maybe you write because you’re lonesome. You might stop once you fall in love. Remember we’re each just a self and the page is always there. Maybe you write because you have a story to tell. I can’t imagine the…