Columns
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The Rumpus Interview with Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
Memoirist, playwright, and short story writer Saïd Sayrafiezadeh discusses his choice to link stories together using an unnamed war, writing without a game plan, and the stasis in his own life that ultimately took shape in the lives of his…
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No More MPDG!
Continuing yesterday’s conversation on gender in writing, Ester Bloom explores the rare success of men writing women outside of the “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” (MPDG) box. Ester is looking for raw, vital, and tragic female characters, traits that she feels…
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Syrians United Through Poetry
In a country where censorship prevents many from saying what they feel, a new type of Syrian poetry is now being chanted in the streets and shared through social media. The poetry shows a “newfound emphasis on a united Syrian…
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Little Stranger by Lisa Olstein
Eric Smith reviews Lisa Olstein’s Little Stranger today in Rumpus Poetry.
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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!
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A Novel for Selfie Enthusiasts
HOUSEFIRE Books has released a collaborative novel called SELFIES. The novel “is an interactive multimedia project and conceptual performance piece designed to unfold a shared story of contemporary loneliness.” Read the first seven chapters here.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
It is totes time to turn part of 280 into a High Line style park. Oh my gosh everyone, there are so many humpback whales in the Monterey Bay right now! This article is about rich people pooping in space.…
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First-Class Guilt
But I had deployed only once to Iraq. When so many others, including friends of mine, had suffered two, three, four, five, or more deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, why should I be the one enjoying the comfort of flying…
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A Stroll with Murakami
In his new essay, Haruki Murakami took a break from marathon running to enjoy a leisurely stroll around Ashiya, an earthquake-damaged place he once called his hometown. He finds a town scarred by natural disaster, a town he wrestles to…
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Elizabeth Minkel’s “Racetrack Diary”
No stranger to writing about sports, The Millions’ Elizabeth Minkel’s latest work was inspired by her summer job working at a horse racetrack in upstate New York. In the final essay for her “Racetrack Diary” column, she writes about the…
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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 spinning, with the drink clink-clinking, delicate potential to go faster…
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The Rumpus Interview with Nelly Reifler
Writer Nelly Reifler talks about her latest book, Elect H. Mouse State Judge, the bodies of characters, weird writing exercises, and revisiting one’s childhood.