Girlchild Launch Party
The launch party for Tupelo Hassman’s debut novel Girlchild (which we got a taste of at the last Monthly Rumpus) is this Saturday February 18th at Bird and Beckett Books…
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Lisa Dusenbery
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Lisa Dusenbery is the former managing editor of The Rumpus.
On Romance Fiction
At The Awl, Maria Bustillos takes a closer look at romance novels, characterizing the genre as “underground writing,” while wondering what makes literature “trivial”? “There are distinct advantages in this…
Spontaneous Society
Spontaneous Society is a recurring interactive walk lead by Jon Cotner, involving five participants and a “catalog of one-line utterances” that replace “urban anonymity with affection.” You can listen to…
Megan Boyle Interview
“I wrote a lot of things in the book because I thought I’d feel better if I could see something I thought or felt instead of letting it exist as…
Jennifer Egan’s Days of Yore
The Days of Yore interviews Jennifer Egan about her own road to becoming a writer. “And then it’s all about rewriting. Re-visiting, re-visiting and re-writing. I think it’s a mistake…
In a World of Infinite Possibility
“Lucy comes home from work. Lucy undresses in the foyer. Lucy gets on her hands and knees and crawls to her cage. Lucy listens. Lucy waits.” Check out our own…
Sunday Features
In case you slept Sunday away again, don’t miss this excellent essay by Abby Mims, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Joan Didion.” “Didion’s words help us to…
Meet Our Own Knife-Throwing Eligible Bachelor
Rumpus managing editor Isaac Fitzgerald is featured in two articles today! Nerve highlights his single and eligible status, while The Bold Italic explores the relationship between Isaac and his knife,…
Transcendent Passes
Aleksandar Hemon writes about finding a way to play soccer after moving to the States, the characters on his team, and most importantly, this: “…The moment of transcendence that might…
Story Prize Collections
The Story Prize announced their choices for outstanding and notable story collections of 2011. TSP features Rumpus columnist Steve Almond’s God Bless America, along with a number of Rumpus Book Club…
Lessons Not Learned
At HTML Giant, our own essays editor Roxane Gay celebrates unlikable characters as she reviews December Rumpus Book Club selection, Sara Levine’s Treasure Island!!!. “Sometimes, I get tired of redemption. I don’t…
Everything Is Its Own Reward App
The Chimerist, a new website we’re loving, explores the app for Paul Madonna’s Everything Is Its Own Reward. “The places in these images are suspended in time, and the animations…