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Lisa Dusenbery
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Not An Email
This is a letter in two parts. It didn’t start out that way but I got to thinking about joy and revision. So when I say goodbye the first time, you’ll see there’s actually more to go. So begins Gabrielle…
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Fight Song Giveaway! (Is now over)
In celebration of yesterday’s interview with Joshua Mohr, we’re giving away three copies of his novel Fight Song, “a call to arms against complacency, a rally towards reclaiming one’s own individuality.” The first three readers to email lisa AT therumpus.net will receive…
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“a better, funnier form of commencement wisdom”
Trop Magazine is throwing a writing contest. The Trop Short Fake College or High School Class President Commencement Address contest is an opportunity to write in the wisest, most bombastic, most grandiose way possible. Most of us didn’t get selected to…
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Small Press Love Fest
If you’re in the Bay Area and want to show some love for indie writers, come to the Small Press Love Fest at Alley Cat Books tomorrow! Twelve writers from San Francisco, Oakland, and New York will be reading short…
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Adobe Lives!
Bay Area! Come out and party for Adobe Books this Saturday. The beloved bookstore (and neighbor of Rumpus HQ) is launching a fundraiser and Crowdfunding Campaign to keep its doors open after 25 years in the Mission. Saturday’s celebration will feature…
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THIS IS NOT AN EMAIL
In honor of Letter Writing Month, City Lights is publishing a few of our Letters in the Mail! First up is Deb Olin Unferth’s letter. Stay tuned for another by Gabrielle Calvocoressi. Want more information on Letters in the Mail? Click…
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Joshua Mohr and Susan Steinberg Book Party (Tonight!)
Bay Area, get ready for an evening of art and comedy! Featuring Joshua Mohr, reading from his new novel, Fight Song! Susan Steinberg, reading from her new short story collection, Spectacle! Comedy by Sean Keane! Music by Michael Mullen of The Size…
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“My Parasite”
Ploughshares reviews Gina Frangello’s short story “My Parasite” for their “Best Story I Read in a Lit Mag This Week” series. “Perhaps what is most important is that Frangello’s characters are larger than the futuristic space they occupy, and I’m not…
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Thanks, MetaFilter!
MetaFilter linked to “Sick,” Amy Butcher’s essay on friendship, mental illness, and more. We love you back, MetaFilter!
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Writs of Passion
In case you missed it last week, check out Steve Almond’s “Why I Write Smut: A Manifesto.” It’s an excerpt from Writs of Passion, a set of six tiny books made up of Almond’s stories and essays that are too dirty…
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Longreads Love
Longreads chose “Sick,” Amy Butcher’s powerful essay on mental illness, as one of their picks this week. Thanks, Longreads, we love you back!
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“a flaming Apache helicopter flown by a nude Vladimir Putin”
Kottke linked to our Super Bowl Preview for People Who Don’t Know Football. Thanks, Kottke! We love you back!