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Rumpus Exclusive: “Passing as Privileged”

  • Lilly Dancyger
  • March 5, 2018
I don’t feel ashamed of my history, I feel ashamed of letting it be erased.
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Rumpus Exclusive: An Excerpt from Lucy Hughes-Hallet’s Peculiar Ground

  • Lucy Hughes-Hallett
  • January 9, 2018
Off what did Humpty Dumpty fall?
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Rumpus Exclusive: Three Excerpts from AFTERWORDS

  • The Rumpus
  • January 2, 2018
Three exclusive excerpts from …AFTERWORDS, a new series of distinctive commentaries on great works of contemporary literature from our friends at Fiction Advocate!
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Rumpus Exclusive: An Excerpt from Gayle Brandeis’s The Art of Misdiagnosis

  • Gayle Brandeis
  • November 14, 2017
After my mom hangs herself, I become Nancy Drew. I am looking for clues, for evidence. Answers.
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Rumpus Exclusive: An Excerpt from Matthew Gallaway’s #gods

  • Matthew Gallaway
  • August 8, 2017
Matthew Gallaway's new novel, #gods, is out this month from Fiction Advocate.
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Rumpus Exclusive: An Excerpt from Jessie Chaffee’s Florence in Ecstasy

  • Jessie Chaffee
  • May 16, 2017
He is a bird, he and that silver scull, a bird. Would I ever have that grace?
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Paul Madonna Moves on to the Next Dream

  • The Rumpus
  • March 29, 2017
We are excited to offer a preview of artwork from Paul Madonna's new book, On to the Next Dream, alongside an interview with our current Comics Editor, Brandon Hicks, and an exclusive excerpt.
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Rumpus Exclusive: An Excerpt from Danielle Trussoni’s The Fortress

  • Danielle Trussoni
  • September 20, 2016
Danielle Trussoni's new novel, The Fortress: A Love Story, is out today from Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow Publishers.
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Rumpus Exclusive: An Excerpt from Rob Roberge’s Liar

  • Rob Roberge
  • February 8, 2016
Rob Roberge's new memoir, Liar, is out February 9 from Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House.
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Rumpus Exclusive: An Excerpt from Joe Meno’s Marvel and a Wonder

  • Joe Meno
  • August 4, 2015
A Rumpus exclusive excerpt from Joe Meno's latest novel, Marvel and a Wonder, out September 1st from Akashic Books.
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Five Easy Pieces

  • Louise Wareham Leonard
  • July 22, 2015
"Five Easy Pieces" is a Rumpus exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming 52 Men, with autobiographical portraits based on based on Lou Reed, Michael Stipe, Jonathan Franzen, Jay Carney, and Carter Vanderbilt Cooper.
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Remembering, Repeating, and Working Through

  • Roxie Pell
  • May 12, 2015
How do we begin to describe the indescribable? In McSweeney’s newest book That Thing You Do With Your Mouth, actor Samantha Matthews and author David Shields challenge the way we…
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