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Molly McArdle

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Molly McArdle is The Rumpus's Tumblr Editor Emeritus. Learn more about her writing at mollymcardle.com and follow her on Twitter @mollitudo.
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Announcing the Rumblr Book Club!

  • Molly McArdle
  • May 7, 2014
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…
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Thanks, Tumblr!

  • Molly McArdle
  • March 12, 2013
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!
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The Measure of What Is Possible

  • Molly McArdle
  • September 24, 2012
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…
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  • Last Book I Loved

The Last Book I Loved: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

  • Molly McArdle
  • April 27, 2012
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:
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