Encouraging Messiness: A Conversation with Melissa Broder
Melissa Broder discusses her new novel, MILK FED.
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Rumpus Originals
What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Women’s History
Rumpus editors share a list of new and forthcoming books to celebrate Women’s History Month.
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The Song and the Silence: Talking with Shin Yu Pai
Shin Yu Pai discusses her new book, ENSŌ.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Arriel Vinson
When I sleep poorest, / I’m reminded of him.
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The Last Book I Loved: Kurt Vonnegut’s Slapstick and the Shifting of Cultural Values
Whose stories deserve to be told? Who deserves to tell them? And how?
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Transformed by Discovering: A Conversation with Beth Kephart
Beth Kephart discusses her new memoir, WIFE | DAUGHTER | SELF.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Erin Belieu
Erin Belieu discusses her new collection, COME-HITHER HONEYCOMB.
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Santa Fe Writers Project and The Rumpus Celebrate SMOL Fair!
Kick off the first-ever SMOL Fair with SFWP and The Rumpus!
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Belonging Is Everything: Talking with Georgina Lawton
Georgina Lawton discusses her debut memoir, RACELESS.
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What to Read When You Crave Calm After Doomscrolling
Anne Goldman shares a reading list to celebrate STARGAZING IN THE ATOMIC AGE.
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Stitching the Sea Together: A Conversation with Kathryn Smith
Kathryn Smith discusses her new poetry collection, SELF-PORTRAIT WITH CEPHALOPOD.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Christine Gosnay
What does it mean to live like this, // expressing nothing that eats the mind?
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Next Unicorn
My job was to help people suspend disbelief.
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The Gothic Horror of the Fourth Trimester: Talking with Julia Fine
Julia Fine discusses her new novel, THE UPSTAIRS HOUSE.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Randa Jarrar
Randa Jarrar discusses her new memoir, LOVE IS AN EX-COUNTRY.
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Life Is Odd: A Conversation with Dinty W. Moore
Dinty W. Moore discusses his new essay collection, TO HELL WITH IT.
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What to Read When You Need to Get to Spring
Emily Franklin shares a reading list to celebrate TELL ME HOW YOU GOT HERE.
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To Move Forward but Not Forget: Talking with Chloe Yelena Miller
Chloe Yelena Miller discusses her debut full-length poetry collection, VIABLE.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Sage Ravenwood
Nearby / a bucket to drown infested memory banks.
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Emotional Support Brownies
Why was I crying over a can of seasoned squash?
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Making a Shelter of Language: A Conversation with Bhaswati Ghosh
Bhaswati Ghosh discusses her debut novel, VICTORY COLONY, 1950.
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Voices on Addiction: Thief in the Night
Addiction steals your integrity. Your freedom, too.
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True Detective and a Greyhound: On Imagination and Survival
It’s exhausting, I realize, to constantly convince myself that I matter.
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Doublethink: A Conversation with Cortney Lamar Charleston
Cortney Lamar Charleston discusses his new poetry collection, DOPPELGANGBANGER.
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SquareRoot of Love: Beyond the Divide
We need some love back, especially from elected and community leaders.
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What to Read When It’s Time to Celebrate Commemorate Observe Presidents Day
Colin Rafferty shares a reading list to celebrate EXECUTE THE OFFICE.
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Agency Over Anything Else: Talking with Elle Nash
Elle Nash discusses her new short story collection, NUDES.
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