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  • Next Letter for Kids: Tracy Holczer

    We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Tracy Holczer! Tracy writes a letter that is only allowed to be read by hooligans!  That’s because she shares with you her first hooligan story from when she was thirteen. It involves lots…

  • Next Letter in the Mail: Ben Tanzer

    We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Ben Tanzer! Ben writes a very funny letter in an attempt to woo one of you to be his new husband and join him and his existing family…

  • Next Letter in the Mail: Edan Lepucki

    We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Edan Lepucki! Edan sends us a handwritten letter about starting her maternity leave, her thoughts about several books she’s read recently, and a few of her other obsessions. You…

  • Next Letter for Kids: Dan Gutman

    We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Dan Gutman! Dan writes us a very funny letter bursting with color and photos! He tells us all about where he lives, where he writes, what he likes to do for fun, and…

  • Next Letter in the Mail: Summer Pierre

    We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Summer Pierre! Summer sends us a beautifully illustrated letter about leaving her family to take a solo road trip to visit a friend. She shares the she…

  • Next Letter for Kids: Lois Sepahban

    We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Lois Sepahban! Lois writes about all the animals that have shared her life with her, including a very special dog named Strider, an Australian Shepherd that walked her to the bus stop each morning and…

  • Meet Our New Rumpus Editors!

    You may have noticed some recent changes to The Rumpus masthead. First, the sad news. Mary-Kim Arnold, our fearless Essays Editor who took over for the inimitable Roxane Gay, is leaving to pursue other projects. We wish her all the…

  • Rock and Roll Refugee Coming to NYC

    Musical pioneer Genya Ravan, who’s been featured on The Rumpus, has a new album in the works and a musical play opening in New York. In the early 60s Ravan founded Goldie and the Gingerbreads, the first all-female band signed to a…

  • Next Letter in the Mail: Rahul Kanakia

    We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Rahul Kanakia! Rahul writes to us about being in love. He shares how he met his love, how things progressed, and how he was and still is overpowered by his feelings…

  • Next Letter for Kids: Matthew Baker

    We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Matthew Baker! Matthew shares three amazing, true stories about music, math, and buried treasure. He even shares a poem that is a big hint on where the buried treasure is hidden too! He’s got…

  • The Rumpus Remembers David Bowie

    Over the years, we’ve written about David Bowie many times, and today, in honor of this great man and all he accomplished, we’re taking a look back.

  • Jon Adams’s Invasive Passion

    If you’re a lover of erotic literature but feel like there are never enough motorcycle chases, dolphin dances, or children who die, then you and your loins are going to love Invasive Passion: Book 1: Dark Trust. (And, right now, it’s available…