Celebrate Winter While We Still Have Seasons!
We’re excited to present CELEBRATE WINTER WHILE WE STILL HAVE SEASONS, a holiday reading!
...moreWe’re excited to present CELEBRATE WINTER WHILE WE STILL HAVE SEASONS, a holiday reading!
...moreJoin 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!
...moreAn 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.
...moreHOW AWESOME WOULD THESE MASHUPS BE? Oh well. Maybe next year.
...moreBarrelhouse, Catapult, Lit Hub, and The Rumpus are proud to present WRITE TOGETHER, FIGHT TOGETHER, an AWP 2017 offsite event!
...moreCelebrate literature and savor the last days of summer with “Dark Nights, Bright Words,” presented by H.I.P. Lit and The Rumpus!
...moreThe Rumpus and Rare Bird are proud to present PICK YOUR POISON, an AWP 2016 offsite event!
...more[T]he finding, cutting, and pasting process constantly offers me new perspectives on how I see the world around me.
...moreI 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.
...moreThe Rumpus and Electric Literature are excited to present IT’S TOO COLD FOR THIS, a holiday reading!
...moreI’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.
...moreI wanted to put that image inside a scene that disrupts the beauty of it.
...moreThis is part of the mystery and sometimes frustration of doing collage—trying to remember where things came from.
...moreIf 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.
...moreOne of my favorite revelations from the past year has been the discovery of old high school yearbooks.
...moreIn 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.
...moreSometimes you just come across magazine covers that look like finished pieces of art.
...more…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.
...moreIn a new column from Luke Wiget, we meet the high school version of one of our favorite authors.
...moreSara Lautman reviews Women by Chloe Caldwell today in Rumpus Books.
...moreI 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.
...moreThis is the 20th Paper Trumpets column, and to celebrate the occasion, we’re giving away original collages to 10 lucky commenters!
...moreThe Rumpus and Fence are proud to present GUTTER TALK, an AWP 2015 offsite event!
...moreThese three collages were inspired by a 1988 book called Reader’s Digest Action Guide: What To Do in an Emergency.
...moreComedy writer and Twitter phenomenon Megan Amram talks time-travel, Jewish movie agents, and her new book Science . . . For Her!
...moreSometimes you don’t see the full potential of an image until you cut it away from its original context.
...moreI 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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