What to Read When You’re a PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize Winner
The 2018 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize winners share books that have inspired them!
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 Mining Your Anxious, Undiagnosed Childhood
Amanda Stern shares a list of books to celebrate her memoir, Little Panic.
What to Read When You’re at the Bar
Miriam Parker shares a list of books to celebrate her debut novel, The Shortest Way Home.
What to Read When You’re in Russia
Sally McGrane, author of the debut novel Moscow at Midnight, shares a reading list!
What to Read When You Want to Reclaim Your Time
Books that center us and offer new perspectives.
What to Read When You’re Queer and of Color during Pride
Books by queer poets of color included in the Nepantla anthology!
What to Read When You’ve Made It Halfway Through 2018
Rumpus editors share forthcoming books they can't wait to read!
What to Read When Beach Weather Arrives
Rumpus editors suggest some of their favorite summertime reads!
What to Read When They Won’t Take the Guns Away
We offer these reading suggestions as a starting point, but know that real change must take place off the page.
What to Read When It’s Mental Health Month
Rumpus editors recommend books that shed light on what it means to live with mental illness.
What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Feminism
We here at The Rumpus matriarchy are celebrating all of our feminist “mothers” this Mother's Day!
What to Read When You Want to Read Funny Women
Sometimes the truth hurts. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have to hear it, and all the better if we can couch those painful truths amid laughter.