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Molly McArdle

  • Announcing the Rumblr Book Club!

    The Rumblr is combining two of the best things on the Internet: The Rumpus Book Club and Tumblr. So, for those of you who (unimaginably) have yet to subscribe to the official club, you can get your feet wet with…

  • Thanks, Tumblr!

    We’re thrilled that Tumblr has decided to feature us in Tumblr Spotlight alongside outstanding Book tumblrs like Slaughterhouse 90210, Electric Literature Recommended Reading, and The Millions. Thanks, Tumblr, we love you back!

  • The Measure of What Is Possible

    In 1998, I was 12 and at home a lot. Two years into a spree of hospitalizations for asthma, my lungs and I were not on the best terms. I was, by de facto, unschooled during this stretch, and time…

  • The Last Book I Loved: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    There is a passage in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn where Francie Nolan, the book’s protagonist, is described as the sum of many parts. A genetic and experiential palimpsest, Francie: