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...moreA weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!
...moreSusan Nguyen discusses her debut poetry collection, DEAR DIASPORA.
...moreAvni Vyas discusses her debut poetry collection, LITTLE GOD.
...moreWith Sarah Ghazal Ali, Erin L. McCoy, and Tawanda Mulalu.
...moreEllene Glenn Moore discusses her debut poetry collection, HOW BLOOD WORKS.
...moreKaveh Akbar discusses his new collection, PILGRIM BELL.
...moreWith Steven Espada Dawson, Elisa Gonzalez, and Gaia Rajan.
...moreBecka Mara McKay discusses her new poetry collection, THE LITTLE BOOK OF NO CONSOLATION.
...moreKimberly Grey discusses her new collection, SYSTEMS FOR THE FUTURE OF FEELING.
...moreLiterary events taking place virtually this week!
...moreRumpus editors share share new and forthcoming collections we’re especially excited about!
...moreLaura Bogart shares a reading list to celebrate DON’T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.
...moreGayle Brandeis shares a reading list to celebrate MANY RESTLESS CONCERNS.
...more“Working with words is a quest, not blind, but in the darkness.”
...moreIf nobody tells you what to call a feeling, your emotions have a gap.
...morePoet Marcelo Hernandez Castillo discusses his debut memoir, CHILDREN OF THE LAND.
...moreArt is a fickle running buddy, legacy jumps out unexpectedly, and love is too serious not to joke about.
...moreHeather Christle shares a reading list to celebrate THE CRYING BOOK.
...moreI remember driving a bird mad once.
...moreRumpus editors share favorite poetry collections as we continue our celebration of National Poetry Month!
...moreLiterary events in and around Philly this week!
...moreAllie Rowbottom discusses her debut memoir, JELL-O GIRLS.
...moreWe here at The Rumpus matriarchy are celebrating all of our feminist “mothers” this Mother’s Day!
...moreRumaan Alam discusses his new novel, That Kind of Mother, the limits of the employer-employee relationship, and the grossness of heterosexual sex.
...moreTessa Fontaine shares a list of books to celebrate her forthcoming debut memoir, The Electric Woman.
...moreKiki Petrosino discusses her newest collection, Witch Wife, the career she’d have in an alternate universe, and the relationship between reading and writing.
...moreRumpus editors share favorite poetry collections as we continue our celebration of National Poetry Month!
...moreA list from Julia Pierpont to celebrate the release of The Little Book of Feminist Saints.
...moreAurvi Sharma discusses her memoir-in-progress, finding inspiration in ancient women’s voices, and writing against erasure.
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