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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #75: Deborah Kampmeier

I met Deborah Kampmeier at a workshop in November. We were two weeks post-election; the room was raw with emotion, and electric with conversations about resistance. This tall, badass woman dressed…

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Book Club Blog

What We’re Reading in April!

We’re very excited to share that our April Book Club pick is Gabrielle Bell’s much anticipated graphic memoir, Everything Is Flammable. Bell revisits her childhood home in the remote mountains of Northern California after her mother’s home,…

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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Weyes Blood’s Mysterious Kris

To this day no one really knows where my kris came from or whether or not it’s a significant part of my family history, if it’s a random object or an heirloom with an untold story.

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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: 21 Poems That Shaped America (Pt. 8): “Song of the Gourd”

“Song of the Gourd” is like an eye roll at this sort of gusto about leaving the Southland.

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FUNNY WOMEN #151: Creative Writing Tips

Need to write something for some reason? Here's how.

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This Week in Books: The True Book of Animal Homes

Welcome to This Week in Books, where we highlight books just released by small and independent presses. Books have always been a symbol for and means a of spreading knowledge and…

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Letters Blog

Next Letter in the Mail: Alana Massey

We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail from Alana Massey! Alana sends us a list of action items with which we can do what we please, but she’d really love to…

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Sunday Rumpus Poetry: Three Poems by Amy Strauss Friedman

I thought that hearts were meant to function as uteri, / to grow linings that bleed clotty when life won’t adhere, / to stall like rusty engines in barren winters, / unprepared for the seasonal shift.

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Letters Blog

Next Letter for Kids: Sarah Prineas

We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Sarah Prineas! Sarah writes to us about creating maps, and runes, and her collection of dragons! To make sure this letter reaches your…

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Said Not Said by Fred Marchant

We have met the enemy on a raft of our own dead, and the enemy is us. Is it any wonder so many poets and others engaged with the arts are also devoted to exploring science?

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #74: Alexandra Naughton

Alexandra Naughton is a writer who grew up in Philadelphia but converted to a California girl in 2008. She runs BE ABOUT IT, a small press and reading series and is…

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Rumpus Original Fiction: Summer of Families

“What do you think about this,” he said, measured and cool. “What if we offer a service where people can pay to be in our family, but only for a few hours.”

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