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New Readers Report Theme: “Fall Back”
We’re hungry for more writing from Rumpus readers, so we’re now accepting submissions for our next Readers Report! This time, we want you to tackle the theme “Fall Back.” Please send your submissions, maximum 400 words, to Susan Clements, silentjoy2001 AT yahoo.com.…
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Next Letter for Kids: Nancy Cavanaugh
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Nancy Cavanaugh! Nancy takes us on a field trip to the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia—and includes color photos of the swamp so you’ll feel like you’ve actually been there! Don’t miss out on…
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Next Letter in the Mail: Christine Hyung-Oak Lee
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Christine Hyung-Oak Lee! Christine writes to us about taking down walls, including her physical mask of makeup. This is a moving letter about being true to and comfortable…
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Next Letter for Kids: Kristin Tubb
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Kristin Tubb! Kristin writes about her love of comets, planets, and stars. She also explains the 12- and 13-sign horoscopes. Don’t miss out on this awesome letter—subscribe today! For more information on Letters for Kids, click…
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Exclusive Book Trailer Release and Giveaway
We’re excited to premiere the book trailer for for Vanessa Blakeslee’s debut novel, Juventud, out October 31st from Curbside Splendor! To celebrate the book’s release, Curbside Splendor is giving away five copies of Juventud to the first five people to share this post on…
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Next Letter in the Mail: Matthew Salesses
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from author Matthew Salesses! Matthew writes to us about equality, possibilities, and missing Linsanity. And we’re offering a special Let’s Get Cozy promotion—purchase or extend a yearly LITM subscription anytime…
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Next Letter for Kids: A. B. Westrick
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from A. B. Westrick, author of Brotherhood! Anne writes to us about one of her special kitties, Pokey, who lived to be twenty years old. Plus, she teaches us how to draw a picture…
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Let’s Get Cozy: A Letters in the Mail Special Promotion
The cool weather is approaching and The Rumpus wants to help you curl up with a good book! Purchase a yearly Letters in the Mail subscription anytime during the month of September, and you’ll receive an autographed copy of Matthew Salesses’s The Hundred-Year Flood, just released 9/1 from Little A/Amazon Publishing! You’ll…
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Letters for Kids Book Giveaway and Letter-Writing Contest
We’re doing another Letters for Kids giveaway! Win a copy of Operation Pucker Up, signed by the author Rachele Alpine! (Rachele also writes our next letter.) To enter, leave a comment on this post by September 7th telling us the best thing about this…
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Next Letter in the Mail: Martha Bayne
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from our own Sunday Editor Martha Bayne! Martha writes us a moving and wide-ranging letter about Greece, Lake Michigan, San Juan, Detroit, California, and her father’s failing…
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Next Letter for Kids: Rachele Alpine
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Rachele Alpine, author of Operation Pucker Up! Rachele writes us a very colorfully illustrated letter about “accidental mischief”. She gives lots of funny examples of her own accidental mischief and can’t wait for you to…
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Next Letter in the Mail: Chad Prevost
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Chad Prevost! Chad writes to us about the history, both interesting and creepy, of his home and the land he lives on. Don’t miss out! Subscribe to Letters in the…