Posts by: Marisa Siegel
The Rumpus National Poetry Month Project 2021
This April, be inspired, be moved, and celebrate poetry!
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The Rumpus National Poetry Month Project 2020
This April, be inspired, be moved, and celebrate poetry!
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Independent Bookstore Day: Q&A with Celeste Ng
To help kick off the celebrations, we have an exclusive Q&A with Celeste Ng, 2018 National Bookstore Day Ambassador!
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A Year in the Rumpus Matriarchy
I feel ready to double down on the promise of writing, on the power of sharing stories, and on our ability to build bridges with language and knock down walls with words.
...moreTeen Raped While in Custody of NYPD
On Sunday, I learned about this news story, and the lack of coverage it has received in the media. Let’s help change that! Please share this story and your thoughts on it as widely as you can. The impunity under which police in this country operate is unlawful and shameful, and it must end.
...moreCall for Submissions: On Rape Culture, Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence
We’re inviting you to share your own experiences with and thoughts on sexual harassment, assault, domestic violence, and more.
...moreA Goodbye, and Some Hellos
You may have noticed a few recent changes to The Rumpus masthead. First, the sad news. Brian Hurley, the man behind Rumpus Books since 2013, is stepping down to focus on his own awesome website and small press, Fiction Advocate. We are nothing short of heartbroken to see him go (really, words can’t do our sorrow justice), […]
...moreIntroducing the Rumpus Advisory Board
When we shared our exciting news about The Rumpus’s future last month, I mentioned that we’d create an advisory board to help us guide the site forward. The function of the advisory board is to help when we have questions or need a sounding board for new ideas, to serve as role models for us, and to […]
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Big Rumpus News!
Today, I am very excited and more than a little nervous to share with you all that I am the new Editor-in-Chief and owner of The Rumpus.
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A Note from the Editor
We live in a country that is deeply troubled, that is sick. We will not look away.
...moreSave Langston Hughes’s Harlem Home
Award-winning author Renée Watson is fighting to save the house that Langston Hughes lived in through much of the 1950s and 60s, until his death in 1967, Heather Long reports for CNN. Watson launched an Indiegogo campaign to rescue the brownstone and preserve its literary history—donate here today to make sure we don’t lose this important piece of American […]
...moreWeekend Rumpus Roundup
First, in the Saturday Essay, Naseem Jamnia considers memories, genetics, and what gets passed down from one generation to the next. She writes, “The brain is a curious, malleable thing, and just as cigarette smoke and alcohol can be tucked into a fetus, so can trauma. My mother’s experiences settled into her eggs and shaped […]
...moreMeet Our New Rumpus Editors!
You may have noticed some recent changes to The Rumpus masthead. First, the sad news. Our terrific Essays Editor, Tracy Strauss, is stepping down to focus on other projects, including a new series over at the Ploughshares blog. And we’re saying goodbye to our Interviews Editor, Melissa Batchelor Warnke, who is moving on to pursue her own writing—you can keep […]
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What the Cameras Show Us: Ourselves
When I decided I needed to write this piece, I spent a lot of time wondering whether I could. Whether I should.
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Independent Bookstore Day: Q&A with Lauren Groff
To help kick off the celebrations, The Rumpus has an exclusive Q&A with Lauren Groff, 2016 Bookstore Day Author Ambassador.
...moreMeet Our New Rumpus Interviews Editor!
We are sad to announce that Ben Pfeiffer, who has been working with The Rumpus for nearly two years, first as Assistant Interviews Editor and then as Interviews Editor, will be moving on to work on personal projects. Ben has been an integral part of the site, making sure to keep our Interviews section running […]
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