What to Read When You’ve Made It Halfway Through 2020
Rumpus editors share forthcoming books they can’t wait to read!
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Rumpus Originals
Flesh and Blood: A Conversation with Oksana Zabuzhko
Oksana Zabuzhko discusses her story collection, YOUR AD COULD GO HERE.
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Spotlight: “Dentist Dad”
A young woman stays with her boyfriend’s parents. It will be her last visit.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Ailish Hopper
Every empire, a pretty / narrow waist // in someone’s speech.
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Variants of Unknown Significance
My gynecologist won’t stop bothering me about getting a genetic test done.
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Bodies Are Not Metaphors: Talking with Brit Bennett
Brit Bennett discusses her second novel, THE VANISHING HALF.
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ENOUGH: The Telling of It
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Losing Paradise
What my mind cannot yet fathom, my body already knows.
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We Stand with the People
We will not let this continue
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This Huge, Colossal Joy: A Conversation with Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison
Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison discuss their work.
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate APIA Heritage Month
Rumpus editors share a list of new and forthcoming books to celebrate APIA Heritage Month!
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Reality Is Absurd: Talking with Ted O’Connell
Ted O’Connell discusses his first book, K: A NOVEL.
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Radical Enough
I still wonder what became of all those gentle cows.>
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Ugonna-Ora Owoh
I’m a citizen of several things at once, / as concern as they own me more than myself.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Wild Animals
I searched in its beady eyes and tried to find a motherly warmth.
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Who Has the Most to Lose?: A Conversation with Julian K. Jarboe
Julian K. Jarboe discusses EVERYONE ON THE MOON IS ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL.
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ENOUGH: Brave Takes Away My Permission
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Ariel Francisco
Ariel Francisco discusses his new poetry collection, A SINKING SHIP IS STILL A SHIP.
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Moments of Reawakening: Talking with Cathy Park Hong
Cathy Park Hong discusses MINOR FEELINGS: AN ASIAN AMERICAN RECKONING.
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Memoir Monday Online: Khakpour, Long, Shah, Volz
Watch May’s online Memoir Monday reading!
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What to Read When You Just Want to Laugh
Mia Mercado shares a reading list to celebrate WEIRD BUT NORMAL.
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C-Beams Glittering in the Dark: A Conversation with Cooper Lee Bombardier
Cooper Lee Bombardier discusses his first book, PASS WITH CARE: MEMOIRS.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Official 2020 Census Letter
This is your invitation to respond to the 2020 Census.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Jennifer Givhan
They are headless. As I am too often / headless. As women are wont to be.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Tracy O’Neill
Tracy O’Neill discusses her new novel QUOTIENTS.
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Circuitous Journeys: Talking with Sejal Shah
Sejal Shah discusses her debut essay collection, THIS IS ONE WAY TO DANCE.
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ENOUGH: Something More Like Men
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Bald-headed Muthaf*cker
Healing is slow. Fast. Slow again.
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Fields of Light
Light reflects differently off near and faraway objects. It’s all about the light.
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