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What to Read When

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Themed reading recommendation lists from The Rumpus’s editorial staff and guest authors.

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What to Read When You Want a Ghost Story, Old or New

  • Claire Cronin
  • October 30, 2020
Claire Cronin shares a reading list to celebrate BLUE LIGHT OF THE SCREEN.
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What to Read When You Grew Up Watching Dawson’s Creek

  • Erin Hensley and Julia Callahan
  • October 23, 2020
Erin Hensley and Julia Callahan share a reading list to celebrate I REMEMBER EVERYTHING.
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What to Read When You Want Spooky Stories from Around the World

  • Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto
  • October 16, 2020
Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto share a reading list to celebrate TINY NIGHTMARES.
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What to Read When You Want to Remember World War II

  • Linda Kass
  • October 2, 2020
Linda Kass shares a reading list to celebrate A RITCHIE BOY.
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What to Read When You like Your Memoirs in Essays

  • Sarah Kasbeer
  • September 25, 2020
Sarah Kasbeer shares a reading list to celebrate A WOMAN, A PLAN, AN OUTLINE OF A MAN.
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What to Read When You Want to Be Inspired by Latin American Resistance

  • Mark Eisner
  • September 18, 2020
Mark Eisner shares a reading list to celebrate RESISTENCIA: POEMS OF PROTEST AND REVOLUTION.
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What to Read When You Want Story Collections about Working Lives

  • Jenny Bhatt
  • September 11, 2020
Jenny Bhatt shares a reading list to celebrate EACH OF US KILLERS.
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What to Read When You’re a PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize Winner

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  • August 28, 2020
The 2020 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize winners share books that have inspired them!
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What to Read When You Want a Good Short Book

  • Kim Adrian
  • August 21, 2020
Kim Adrian shares a reading list to celebrate DEAR KNAUSGAARD.
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What to Read When You Suspect That Time Is Not a Line

  • Jen Fawkes
  • August 14, 2020
Jen Fawkes shares a reading list to celebrate MANNEQUIN AND WIFE.
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What to Read When You Want to Read Lolita

  • Alisson Wood
  • August 7, 2020
Alisson Wood shares a reading list to celebrate her debut memoir, BEING LOLITA.
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What to Read When a Global Pandemic Makes It Hard to Live Beyond Your Means

  • Sarah-Catherine Gutierrez
  • July 24, 2020
Sarah-Catherine Gutierrez shares a reading list to celebrate BUT FIRST, SAVE 10.
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