Top Secret Ted Wilson
Ted Wilson, our reviewer of all things in the world, has just reviewed something he thinks may be too controversial for public consumption. While he does not believe in censorship,…
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Fem-i-nist, adjective
“When anyone claims they aren’t a feminist, I assume they don’t know what they’re talking about.” —MariNaomi Rumpus artist MariNaomi gets all up in the dictionary and tells it like…
Announcing Letters for Kids!
This Just In: Announcing Letters For Kids! Letters For Kids is just like Letters In The Mail, except intended for subscribers six and older. We’re helping people appreciate the post office…
Get Your Sugar From the Source
Cheryl Strayed has a collection of her wildly popular Dear Sugar columns, some never before published, coming out in one week. The book is called Tiny Beautiful Things, and it is…
Letter Party Tonight
We’re stuffing envelopes with Letters to Everyone this evening. If you’re in San Francisco, and in the mood to spend some time with us, come by the Latin American Club…
New Readers Report Theme:
The Gamble
We’re hungry for more writing from Rumpus readers, so we’re now accepting submissions for another “Rumpus Readers Report.” This time we want you to tackle the theme “The Gamble.” Please…
The next Letter In The Mail: Matthew Siegel
Our next letter writer is Matthew Siegel, a poet and essay writer living in San Francisco. He was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University and teaches literature and creative writing…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Whoa: “Then everything will be frozen, like a snapshot of one instant, for ever.” Aliens of yore. The Story of Stuff looks to change. The first alternative-fuel gas station has…
The Next Letter In The Mail: D. A. Powell
Our next Letter In The Mail, going out later this week, is from poet D. A. Powell!
We Love Paul Madonna
The 31st Annual Northern California Book Awards will honor our own Paul Madonna with the NCBR Recognition Award for Everything Is Its Own Reward, An All Over Coffee Collection. The…
We Love You Back, The Millions
We’ve always loved The Millions, but when they gave our redesign a shout-out, and described us as “everyone’s favorite scrappy San Francisco literary web site,” we swooned. So the secret’s…
Lit Link Love
We’re excited to be included on Oxford American’s recommended links page! Thanks, Oxford American. We love you back!