“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…
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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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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,…
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,…
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…
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…