The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #59: Marisa Silver
Marisa Silver is a formidable writer. The world she weaves is masterfully laid out. Her sharp eye focuses on the brutal changes that women experience, not just emotionally but physically…
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton
Isaac Fitzgerald and Wendy MacNaughton on their new book Knives & Ink, cooking with pigs' heads, and long-distance collaboration.
Language Lesson and Surveillance by Ashaki M. Jackson
Kenji Liu reviews Ashaki M. Jackson's Language Lesson and Surveillance today in Rumpus Poetry.
David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: 21 Poems That Shaped America (Pt. 6): “To Elsie”
Now the battle is joined. I will prosecute my part of it as a writer till the last dog dies...
FUNNY WOMEN #146: New Rules for Lifeboat #3
After our discussion of pronoun usage, Keith will be addressed as The Pirate Formerly Known as Keith. (Respect each other’s journeys, please.)
Next Letter in the Mail: Peter Witte
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail from visual artist and writer Peter Witte! Peter sends us a very special illustrated letter about what it means to…
The Lonely Voice #27: William Trevor, What Haunts Us Is Us
And this is the majesty of William Trevor. He creates—and at the same time affirms—the dark we’ve all got inside us. He gives our nightmares flesh.
Saturday Rumpus Fiction: Three Short Stories by Sherman Alexie
These are desperate times, and I'm not as desperate as a lot of people, but I'm desperate enough to need this job.
Next Letter for Kids: Skila Brown
We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Skila Brown! Skila writes to us about birthdays, surprises, and birthday surprises! And she’s given us a signed hardcover copy of her awesome book Slickety…
Banana Palace by Dana Levin
Jeannine Hall Gailey reviews Dana Levin's Banana Palace today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #58: James Steven Sadwith
A self-described “actor’s director,” James Steven Sadwith has been writing, directing, and producing television movies, miniseries, and dramas for nearly three decades—and is perhaps best known for his work on…
Where were you when the world broke?
Not in your echoing womb, to scream at you across your fields to wake up, not part of your denial that Earth is burning, dehydrated, suffocating on itself— I stood…