WEEKLY RUMPUS FICTION: NICOLE MATOS
The next Weekly Rumpus features fiction from Nicole Matos! Here’s an excerpt:
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Did you miss National Punctuation Day?
Every year in September there is “a celebration of the lowly comma, correctly used quotation marks, and other proper uses of periods, semicolons, and the ever-mysterious ellipsis,” as stated on…
Weekly Rumpus Fiction: Bryan VanDyke
The next Weekly Rumpus features fiction from Bryan Van Dyke! Here’s an excerpt! Head down, hands in pockets, I am almost past the first surveillance cameras when I run into…
Tom Barbash Discusses His New Book
Los Angeles readers: On September 19, recent Rumpus interviewee Tom Barbash will discuss Stay Up With Me with fellow Rumpus contributor Matthew Specktor. The stories within this collection dig into the…
Elissa Bassist Interviews Michelle Orange
Rumpus favorite Michelle Orange recently released a collection of essays called This Is Running for Your Life. The book features well-researched stories set in various locations throughout the world “where…
Weekly Rumpus Fiction: Lauren Grodstein!
Lauren Grodstein most recent book is The Explanation for Everything and her last novel A Friend of the Family was a New York Times bestseller. This week, she contributes fiction to the…
Blue Spark, Part I
Over at The Weeklings, recent Rumpus interviewee Nelly Reifler examines friendship, memory, and death, as well as her personal experiences with Elliott Smith. From his raised eyebrows and the scornful twist in…
The Return of the “WRITE LIKE A MOTHERFUCKER” TEE
After a long, shirtless hiatus, we’re excited to announce that our fabulous Write Like a Motherfucker tees are back in stock!
Weekly Rumpus Fiction: Lucy Corin
The next Weekly Rumpus features fiction from Lucy Corin! Here’s an excerpt: But the apocalypse is not the wobbling away. The wobbling away is life persisting. The apocalypse is him…
Next Letter for Kids: Michael Reisman
The next Letter for Kids, going out Monday, July 15, is from Michael Reisman! Born and raised in New Jersey, Michael worked all kinds of jobs, from dishwasher at a pizzeria…
Next Letter for Kids: Carolyn Cohagan
The next Letter for Kids, going out August 15, is from Carolyn Cohagan! (It got switched with Elisabeth Dahl’s letter due to a printing error, so it’s going out later than…
Next Letter in the Mail: Brian Spears!
The next Letter in the Mail, going out Thursday, August 15, is from none other than Brian Spears! Brian is a mainstay at The Rumpus. He’s our poetry editor and he…