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February letters from Venita Blackburn and Marisa Crawford!
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Letters in the Mail from Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones and Julia Fine!
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Our December Letters in the Mail come from Molly Crabapple and Taylor Byas.
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The Rumpus Member Drive

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  • November 16, 2023
Expanding The Rumpus’s membership program to at least 600 members is necessary for us to cover our basic operating costs and continue our mission of publishing risk-taking voices and emerging writers.
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The Rumpus Redesigned

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  • November 6, 2023
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November Spotlight: Letters in the Mail

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  • October 20, 2023
Our November Letters in the Mail come from Daniel Gumbiner and Jami Nakamura Lin.
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October Spotlight: Letters in the Mail

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  • September 27, 2023
Our next Letters in the Mail come from Ling Ma and Kelly Sather.
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Our next Letters in the Mail come from author Mario Chard and Quinn Carver Johnson.
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