Sky Davis' work has appeared in The BK Reader, The Ashfield News, and Attack Bear Press's Poetry Vending Machine Project, among others. They hold a degree in Creative Writing from Columbia University and live in New York City. You can find them at @skythedavis on Twitter.
Unveiling the new dates/site/faculty for Other Voices Querétaro, the writing program I run out of Mexico. Come join us June 27-July 6, with a hotbed of Rumpus alum faculty: Cecil…
Neil Gaiman on why our future depends on libraries, reading and writing, in The Guardian. The history of the dystopian novel. Submit to the Danahy Fiction Prize at the University…
Narcissists believe themselves more creative than others, and consequently engage in more creative pursuits. A finding in equal parts hilarious and depressing? Faulkner’s “splendid failure.”
Readers of literary fiction learn empathy and better understand social cues, a study reveals in the NYTimes. Tom Clancy, dead at 66. Buzz Feed seeking a Books Editor. “No haters.”…
Abby Geni of The Rumpus Book Club will be chatting with club members tomorrow…today we have the phenomenal Karen Bender talking with Abby to wet your whistle. (Um, I think…
Have you heard about the American Writers Museum? The Little Village That Could: New Mexico’s Madrid (home of Rumpus alum Emily Rapp) rallies after a serious flood. Patrick O’Neil leaves…
Feminism is dead! Long live feminism! What do Lauren Cerand, Emma Straub, and Tayari Jones have in common with Gay Talese and Joan Didion? Bow-down style, that’s what. Mellisa Chadburn’s…
The launch of Not Your Eyes, an online and print fiction and nonfiction publishing house. To hair or not to hair? In this age of proudly organic and hemp products, Millicent…
Have you heard about The Weekly Rumpus yet? Shelf Unbound‘s competition for the best indie published book. 17 personal essays that will change your life. 96 year old man wins…
LitReactor names Other People as one of its 5 favorite podcasts. James Salter interviewed. Sean Beaudoin on Elmore Leonard. The Cost of Living by Rob Roberge called “one of the most…
PEN 2013 Literary Winners announced. Did I link this kick-ass piece last week? I’ve been sending it to every memoirist I know and people are really responding to it. FC2’s…
Both The Rumpus and The Nervous Breakdown make Flavorwire’s 25 Best Sites for Literature Lovers. I’m kind of beside myself with glee. Apply for a Word Riot travel grant! Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels…