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  • Merry Christmas

    Merry Christmas!

  • Give the Last-Minute Gift of Rumpus

    Ran out of gift ideas? Forgot to put someone on your list? It’s not too late to give the gift of Rumpus! Our online store has plenty of awesome subscriptions you can give instantly, with the click of a mouse. Choose from…

  • Weekly Rumpus Fiction: Wynne Hungerford

    The next Weekly Rumpus features fiction from Wynne Hungerford. Here’s an excerpt: After losing the foot, my daddy gave up on going places. He sat on the leather couch in his office at home. He drank Yoo-hoos and stopped throwing…

  • Giving The Gift of Rumpus

    The last day for ordering Rumpus holiday gifts regular shipping to arrive by December 25 is Wednesday, December 18.

  • The Rumpus Gift Guide

    I don’t know why we haven’t done this before. Here are some cool literary gifts from some cool literary people for the holiday season.

  • Steve Almond on Toto’s “Africa”

    As CBS This Morning faces the music about its inappropriate and insensitive use of Toto’s “Africa” to score a montage from Mandela’s funeral, we asked Rumpus author Steve Almond, a Toto “Africa” expert (see video below), what he thinks. Almond…

  • Write Like A Motherfucker coffee mug

    Click image to purchase. More mugs from The Rumpus shop.

  • Weekly Rumpus Fiction: Justin Hamm

    The next Weekly Rumpus features fiction from Justin Hamm. Here’s an excerpt: I gave him a post card. He autographed it. I gave him one of his early records. He autographed it. I gave him a record by Justin Bieber.…

  • Ohio Edit’s Holiday Party!

    New York Rockers! Join Rumpus contributor Amy Fusselman and managing editor Zoe Ruiz at Ohio Edit’s Holiday Party! The line-up also includes: Natalie Eve Garrett, Jim Behrle (as Santa), Josh Lefkowitz and more! The event takes place at Powerhouse Arena…

  • Weekly Rumpus Fiction: Leah Griesmann

    The next Weekly Rumpus features fiction from Leah Griesmann. Here’s an excerpt: For nearly a month Deuce did not speak with My-li. He saw in her stooped walk at work how it pained her, heard it in the high pitched…

  • Give the Gift of Rumpus!

  • Rumpus Holiday Gifts!

    Give the gift of The Rumpus this holiday season! We have plenty of holiday gift options, which you can view here!