Celebrate Winter While We Still Have Seasons!
We’re excited to present CELEBRATE WINTER WHILE WE STILL HAVE SEASONS, a holiday reading!
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Visual Art
Transcending Spaces: A Literary & Aerial Spectacular
Join H.I.P. Lit, VIDA, and The Rumpus for a riveting night of readings and aerial performances at our 2017 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend event!
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Rumpus Exclusive: “6 Things You Can Try to Beat Morning Sickness”
An exclusive excerpt from The Big Fat Activity Book for Pregnant People, out today from Plume, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC.
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An Ultimate Illustrated Fantasy Guide of Gilmore Girls Mashups
HOW AWESOME WOULD THESE MASHUPS BE? Oh well. Maybe next year.
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AWP 2017 Offsite Event: WRITE TOGETHER, FIGHT TOGETHER
Barrelhouse, Catapult, Lit Hub, and The Rumpus are proud to present WRITE TOGETHER, FIGHT TOGETHER, an AWP 2017 offsite event!
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H.I.P. Lit and The Rumpus Present: Dark Nights, Bright Words
Celebrate literature and savor the last days of summer with “Dark Nights, Bright Words,” presented by H.I.P. Lit and The Rumpus!
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AWP 2016 Offsite Event: PICK YOUR POISON
The Rumpus and Rare Bird are proud to present PICK YOUR POISON, an AWP 2016 offsite event!
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Paper Trumpets #30: Feeling Disconnected From Nature
[T]he finding, cutting, and pasting process constantly offers me new perspectives on how I see the world around me.
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Paper Trumpets #29: Serpents/Babies
I like how these collages blend the cute innocence of 1950s clean-cut America with the slimy menace of tree-clinging serpents. It’s like a toddler version of the Garden of Eden.
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The Rumpus and Electric Literature Present: It’s Too Cold for This!
The Rumpus and Electric Literature are excited to present IT’S TOO COLD FOR THIS, a holiday reading!
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Paper Trumpets #28: Mystery of the Triangles
I’m not going to get brainy and talk about the mathematics of triangles; I simply like the visual energy in its slants, which, depending on its position in a collage, can suggest movement, growth, or escape.
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Paper Trumpets #27: I Don’t Remember How It Ends
I wanted to put that image inside a scene that disrupts the beauty of it.
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Paper Trumpets #26: Famous Myths of the Golden Age
This is part of the mystery and sometimes frustration of doing collage—trying to remember where things came from.
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Paper Trumpets #25: Abstract vs. Accident
If you tell yourself you’re going to work in an abstract style, is that too premeditated? I wonder if abstract is just another word for accidental.
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Paper Trumpets #24: Girl & Boys
One of my favorite revelations from the past year has been the discovery of old high school yearbooks.
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Yearbook #2: Alysia Abbott
In Yearbook #2, Alysia Abbott talks about her memoir Fairyland, a storytelling and community project for children of parents who died of AIDS, and how upsetting is can be to pour through old journals.
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Paper Trumpets #23: Covering Covers
Sometimes you just come across magazine covers that look like finished pieces of art.
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Paper Trumpets #22: Three Genes
…editing a collage can be like editing a poem or a story. The act of taking things out will often make a piece breathe easier and come to life with a simpler beauty.
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Yearbook #1: Darcey Steinke
In a new column from Luke Wiget, we meet the high school version of one of our favorite authors.
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Women by Chloe Caldwell
Sara Lautman reviews Women by Chloe Caldwell today in Rumpus Books.
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Paper Trumpets #21: The Insurance of Company (Die Hand)
I often buy random photographs in thrift stores and vintage shops when I’m drawn to something in them—an awkward smile, a twinkle in the eye, a revealing hint of uncertainty.
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Paper Trumpets #20: The Student Sound
This is the 20th Paper Trumpets column, and to celebrate the occasion, we’re giving away original collages to 10 lucky commenters!
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AWP 2015 Offsite Event: GUTTER TALK
The Rumpus and Fence are proud to present GUTTER TALK, an AWP 2015 offsite event!
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Paper Trumpets #19: What To Do In an Emergency
These three collages were inspired by a 1988 book called Reader’s Digest Action Guide: What To Do in an Emergency.
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The Rumpus Illustrated Interview with Megan Amram
Comedy writer and Twitter phenomenon Megan Amram talks time-travel, Jewish movie agents, and her new book Science . . . For Her!
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Paper Trumpets #18: Mia Cave
Sometimes you don’t see the full potential of an image until you cut it away from its original context.
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Paper Trumpets #17: Matador Ali
I watched the video of the fight online but the camera angle lowers so you don’t get to see this famous moment.
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