Next Letter for Kids: Gail Nall
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Gail Nall! Gail writes about her childhood pen pals and about one of her most embarrassing moments. She says she’s not good at drawing, but has…
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Letters for Kids Newsletter!
If you missed the first Letters for Kids newsletter, now is your chance to sign up for #2, coming to your inbox this Wednesday! It’s fun and it’s free and you…
Letters for Kids Signed Book Giveaway
We’re doing another Letters for Kids giveaway! Win a copy of Hook’s Revenge, signed by the author Heidi Schulz, and follow the adventures of 12-year old Jocelyn, daughter of Captain…
Meet Our New Rumpus Editors!
You may have noticed some recent changes to The Rumpus masthead. First, the sad news. Katy Henriksen, our first-ever Music Editor, is stepping down to make time for other projects. Katy…
Next Letter in the Mail: Darcey Steinke
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Darcey Steinke! Darcey writes to us about what she’s been thinking while enduring the snow and…
Next Letter for Kids: Heidi Schulz
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Heidi Schulz! Heidi writes to us about her suspicion of giraffes and her very special skill involving balloons! Her letter is handwritten, and has lots…
Letters for Kids Signed Book Giveaway
We’re doing another Letters for Kids giveaway! Win a beautiful hardcover edition of The Key & The Flame, signed by the author Claire M. Caterer! (Claire also wrote our next…
Next Letter in the Mail: Aracelis González Asendorf
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from writer Aracelis González Asendorf. Aracelis González Asendorf writes to us from sunny Florida about the joys of…
Next Letter for Kids: Claire Caterer
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Claire Caterer! Claire writes to us about her outdoor wild friend Pete the cardinal. Pete’s not like other cardinals but he has won Claire’s…
Honesty, Truth, and the Facts
At Vulture, Rumpus founder Stephen Elliott writes about seeing “himself” on screen in the film adaptation of The Adderall Diaries.
Fate of the Writer: Shuttling Between Solitude and Engagement
I’d propose that we learn better ways of speaking up for and protecting that space, that valley; that we prescribe uselessness as a core nutrient, one we’d surely wilt without. That we write with very fierce love.
Letters for Kids Signed Book Giveaway
We’re doing another Letters for Kids giveaway! Win a copy of My Secret Guide to Paris, signed by the author Lisa Schroeder! Plus a signed bookmark! (Lisa also wrote our next…