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Next Letter in the Mail: Stephen Elliott
We’re getting ready to send out the next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Rumpus founder Stephen Elliott! Having just returned to Brooklyn from L.A. where he finished work on his new movie, Happy Baby, Stephen writes a personal and rambling…
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Modern Man Defined
Yesterday, Rumpus columnist Thomas Page McBee kicked off his new series, “The American Man,” over at the Pacific Standard. Featuring “gonzo reporting from barber shops, boxing gyms, frat houses, and other bastions of masculinity in an effort to define what…
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The Next Generation of Female Writers
We love Girls Write Now, the NY-based organization that helps underserved teenage girls in New York develop their creative voices and prepare for college. You can support their efforts, and preview the next generation of female writers, tomorrow at the Scholastic Auditorium in SoHo,…
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Meet Our New Rumpus Interviews Editor
We’re sad to announce that our amazing Interviews Editor, Rebecca Rubenstein, is leaving the Rumpus to focus on other endeavors. She’s going to be sorely missed around here. Happily, we have Matt Tanner ready to step in as our new…
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Next Letter in the Mail: Sparrow
We’re getting ready to send out the next Letter in the Mail, and it’s a good one. In Boston for a reading, the poet Sparrow wanders the city observing and speaking his thoughts into a tape recorder. Later, he puts…
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Dangerous Fictions
Hollywood’s sensationalized sex trafficking stories aren’t helping real life victims. Over at Salon, Noah Berlatsky looks at the truth—and the fiction—behind popular trafficking narratives.
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Check Out These Girls Right Now
Girls Write Now, a NY-based organization that helps underserved teenage girls in New York develop their creative voices and prepare for college, continues their 2014 CHAPTERS reading series this Friday (5/30) with an evening featuring celebrated writer Ana Castillo and original work performed…
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Irresistible Narrators and Riveting Scenes with Steve Almond
Rumpus columnist and friend Steve Almond is teaching two classes at the Grotto in San Francisco on July 19th! How to Write Riveting Scenes will investigate what it takes to keep readers on the edge of their seats, while How to…
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Weekly Rumpus Fiction: Amaris Ketcham
The next Weekly Rumpus features fiction from Amaris Ketcham. Here’s an excerpt: We rode in silence, drinking and looking past our reflections out the windows. It occurred to me that she never asked where I was headed, but I was…
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Do You Subscribe To Letters In The Mail?
The next Letter In The Mail is from Self-Made Man columnist Thomas Page McBee. You can subscribe here.
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Weekly Rumpus Fiction: Josiane Curtis
The next Weekly Rumpus features fiction from Josiane Curtis. Here’s an excerpt: I imagined that sometime down the road, a teenager might appear at my door wanting to know why she smiled crooked or threw her head back when she…
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Passwords, Past and Present
Has Heartbleed got you stressed over your online security? Take comfort knowing that humans have been searching for the elusive perfect password for centuries—over at The Morning News, Mike Duncan and Rumpus illustrator Jason Novak take a look at passwords throughout…