What to Read When You Want to Find Home
Even if I’m still in limbo, I’m learning what home means for me and how it shows up in both my body and my mind.
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 Spirit Needs a Refresh
A reading list from India Adams, author of FOX WOMAN GET OUT!
What to Read When Escaping a Creep
Author Myriam Gurba on some of the books that fueled and shaped her new collection.
What to Read When You’re Seeking Wonder in Times of Grief
By practicing grief, much like one might develop a creative or meditation practice, I found wonder everywhere and in everything.
What to Read When It’s Women in Translation Month
Women In Translation month has grown since inaugurated in 2013 into an organized global movement that includes translators from all backgrounds and genders.
What to Read When Celebrating Trans, Nonbinary, and Genderqueer Writers
Highlighting work by some of our favorite trans/nb/genderqueer writers
What to Read When Remembering Milan Kundera
Though I am often at least the typist behind many of the posts authored by The Rumpus, I am keeping my name on this one as it’s very much a…
What to Read When You’ve Made it Halfway Through 2023
We’ve asked Rumpus editors to share the titles forthcoming between now and the year’s end that they are most eagerly anticipating.
From the Archives: What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Pride
Rumpus editors share a list of new and forthcoming books to celebrate Pride Month!
What to Read When You Are Tired*
* of asking for basic services like healthcare and the right to exist
What to Read When You Want to Elevate the Everyday
. . . the high domestic: not high as in refined or exclusive, but high as in the ordinary, accessible thing imagined or presented as worthy of attention and delight.
What to Read When Celebrating Black History
The Rumpus editors share a list of books to celebrate Black History Month