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New Readers Report Theme: Sticks and Stones
Submissions Due TodayWe’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 “Sticks and Stones.” Please send your submissions, maximum 400 words, to Susan Clements,…
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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, he does believe in not having people think he is…
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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 it is:
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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 at a younger age. You’ll get two letters a month…
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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 available for pre-order right here on The Rumpus! Click here…
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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 at 7pm.
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New Readers Report Theme:
The GambleWe’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 send your submissions, maximum 400 words, to Susan Clements, silentjoy2001…
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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 at San Francisco Conservatory of Music and with Stanford’s Online…
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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 arrived.
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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!
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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 free ceremony will include readings by this year’s award-winning authors,…