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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 to assistant for Tom Hanks, before settling on young-adult author.…
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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 expected, but it’ll still be awesome!) A former stand-up comic…
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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 runs our book clubs. If you participate in any of…
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The Obituary of Jane Catherine Lotter
Jane Catherine Lotter, an author dying from Grade 3, Stage IIIC endometrial cancer, decided to write her own obituary. Originally published in the Seattle Times, republished here:
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Previous Letter for Kids: Elisabeth Dahl
Due to a printing error, the Letter for Kids that went out last week was not from Carolyn Cohagan, as we previously said. The Carolyn Cohagan letter will go out next time, but meanwhile, please enjoy a Letter for Kids…
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Next Letter for Kids: Sally Nemeth
The next Letter for Kids, going out Monday, July 15, is from the multitalented Sally Nemeth! Her plays, including Holy Days and Mill Fire, have been widely produced, and she has written for every major TV network, starting with Law & Order on NBC.…
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Next Letter in the Mail: Laura Bogart
Gird your loins: the next Letter in the Mail, going out Monday, July 15, is from Laura Bogart! If you’d like to receive her letter, subscribe by noon PT tomorrow. Laura is the recipient of the 2009 Grace Paley Fellowship for Fiction from The…
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Rumpus Song Premiere: Speck Mountain’s Badwater, Remixed by John Mörk
The Rumpus is excited to debut John Mörk’s remix of “Badwater,” the title track off Speck Mountain’s third full-length album, released earlier this year. Mörk got a hold of “Badwater” and gave the dream-pop song a significant makeover, disco-style. Still, fans…
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Ted Wilson’s Letter in the Internet
Our Letters in the Mail subscription service offers letters penned by authors to thousands of people around the globe. We asked our columnist Ted Wilson to write a letter, and upon reading it, we decided it was too important to…
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The Next Letter for Kids: Nolan O’Brien
The next Letter for Kids, going out Friday, June 28, is from Nolan O’Brien! Nolan is an Internet and technology guy turned cattle rancher, permaculture gardener, and holistic-management practitioner. He lives and works on TwoDot Land & Livestock Ranch in Harlowton,…