There are those companies that don’t pay their writers to produce content in order to save money, and then there is this. Narrative Science software produces content. It’s being used…
Poets & Writers recently ranked the country’s MFA programs, and as rankings often do, it is being received with some hostility. Their hierarchy of MFA programs is based on the…
On the political history of orange carrots. Yep. Good news New York: the New York State Pavilion will (probably) be saved. Jellyfish cats and the future of AIDS research. Medically…
This week in San Francisco! Monday 9/12: Join us and our friends at the Believer Magazine for Let’s Talk About us, September’s Monthly Rumpus-tonight at the Make-Out Room, 7PM $10.…
What is the state of Egyptian literature after the revolution? Under the dictatorial reign of Mubarak, the literary scene was stifled, plagued with heavy censorship, primarily existing in “pockets of…
Writers are reclaiming their rightful hotness with Canteen Magazine’s new project, Hot Authors—because we are all immune to the deluge of celebrity sex symbols. Thus, this is hotness at its…
The ever-contentious subject of teaching creative writing is up for discussion. You can teach the elements, but there are always the “intangibles that cannot be taught.” Roxane Gay is inciting…
We have now featured seven “Rumpus Readers Report” collections (“Family/Holidays,” “Neighborhood,” “Impossible Love,” “Wants/Needs,” “The Gift,” “Near and Far,” and “Running Away“); but let’s be honest, seven is not nearly…
The author of this month’s Rumpus Poetry Book Club selection, Meghan O’Rourke is in the new issue of the Paris Review. You can read her poem, “Theory vs Practice” here…
This September’s Rumpus event is the ultimate San Francisco literary collaboration. We’re teaming us with The Believer Magazine to bring you a night of literary joy! Join us September 12th…
This week in New York, an Akilah Oliver Memorial Reading at The New School, non-fiction with The Believer at KGB Bar, Pitchapalooza, Poetry from the Rooftops, The Center for Fiction…