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What We’re Reading in August!

We’re thrilled to announce that our August Book Club selection is Wioletta Greg’s Swallowing Mercury! In this celebrated debut from the prize-winning poet, Wiola looks back on her youth in a close-knit, agricultural community…

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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Samantha Irby

Samantha Irby discusses her new essay collection, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, all that comes along with writing about your life, and reading great horror books.

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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Nikki Wallschlaeger

Nikki Wallschlaeger discusses her new collection Crawlspace, why she chose to work with the sonnet form, and how segregation in American never ended.

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What We’re Reading in July!

We’re super excited to share that our July Book Club selection is New People by Danzy Senna! From the bestselling author of Caucasia, New People is a subversive and engrossing novel about race, class, and manners in…

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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Gabrielle Bell

Gabrielle Bell discusses her forthcoming graphic memoir, Everything Is Flammable, what it was like to mine her own life for subject matter, and how anxiety affects her work.

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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Chen Chen

Chen Chen discusses his new collection When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, playing the game white supremacy has set up, and if God is trying and failing to be a cool dad.

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What We’re Reading in June!

We’re excited to share that our June Book Club pick is The Tower of the Antilles by Achy Obejas! The Cubans in Obejas’s new story collection are haunted by an island: the island they fled, the…

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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Julie Buntin

Julie Buntin discusses her debut novel, Marlena, the writers and books that influenced it, tackling addiction with compassion, and the magic of teenage girls.

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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Adrian Matejka

Adrian Matejka discusses his new collection Map to the Stars, writing about poverty in contemporary poetry, and how racism maintains its place in our society.

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What We’re Reading in May!

We’re thrilled to share that our May Book Club pick is We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby! Samantha is the author of Meaty: Essays and creator of the blog “bitches gotta eat.” The essays in We…

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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Melissa Febos

Melissa Febos discusses her new book Abandon Me, choosing to be celibate for six months, letting go of our own mythologies, and the sexist reaction women receive when they write nonfiction.

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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Khadijah Queen

Khadijah Queen about her new collection I'm So Fine, the importance of including sexual assault as a part of everyday life, and how the poems in the collection found their form.

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