What to Read When You Want to Elevate the Everyday
. . . the high domestic: not high as in refined or exclusive, but high as in the ordinary, accessible thing imagined or presented as worthy of attention and delight.
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Everything that can’t be categorized but is still wonderful!
May Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
Our next Letter in the Mail comes from author Anne Elizabeth Moore.
April Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
Our next Letter in the Mail comes from author Henriette Lazaridis, who writes to us about embracing slowness amidst hustle culture.
What to Read When Celebrating Black History
The Rumpus editors share a list of books to celebrate Black History Month
What to Read When: You Want to Think Kaleidoscopically About Place
A stitch that sews both self and world into being.
March Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
embracing ambivalence, returning to one's hometown and the musings it inspires during a time of collective dread, a canine writing team, and the power of imagination
What to Read When: You Like to Look at Birds
I have long gravitated toward books that know where they are situated.
February Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
Twice a month, The Rumpus brings your favorite writers directly to your IRL mailbox via our Letters in the Mail programs.
January Spotlight: Letters in the Mail
For decades my writing was just for me. Then in the nineties, I discovered communities of queer South Asian artists and activists, radical BIPOC writers. . . . This is when I realized being a writer could be a lifestyle rather than my secret passion.