What to Read When: A Holiday Book-Gifting Guide
Rumpus editors share their favorite books to gift to friends and family!
What to Read When
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Themed reading recommendation lists from The Rumpus’s editorial staff and guest authors.
What to Read When Your City Hasn’t Held Space for Your Community
Kristen Millares Young shares a reading list to celebrate SEISMIC: SEATTLE, CITY OF LITERATURE.
What to Read When You Want to Think about Survival
Kelly J. Baker shares a reading list to celebrate FINAL GIRL.
What to Read When You Want a Ghost Story, Old or New
Claire Cronin shares a reading list to celebrate BLUE LIGHT OF THE SCREEN.
What to Read When You Grew Up Watching Dawson’s Creek
Erin Hensley and Julia Callahan share a reading list to celebrate I REMEMBER EVERYTHING.
What to Read When You Want Spooky Stories from Around the World
Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto share a reading list to celebrate TINY NIGHTMARES.
What to Read When You Want to Remember World War II
Linda Kass shares a reading list to celebrate A RITCHIE BOY.
What to Read When You like Your Memoirs in Essays
Sarah Kasbeer shares a reading list to celebrate A WOMAN, A PLAN, AN OUTLINE OF A MAN.
What to Read When You Want to Be Inspired by Latin American Resistance
Mark Eisner shares a reading list to celebrate RESISTENCIA: POEMS OF PROTEST AND REVOLUTION.
What to Read When You Want Story Collections about Working Lives
Jenny Bhatt shares a reading list to celebrate EACH OF US KILLERS.
What to Read When You’re a PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize Winner
The 2020 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize winners share books that have inspired them!
What to Read When You Want a Good Short Book
Kim Adrian shares a reading list to celebrate DEAR KNAUSGAARD.