christmas
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Give the Last-Minute Gift of Rumpus!
Ran out of gift ideas? Forgot to put someone on your list? It’s not too late to give the gift of Rumpus! Our store has plenty of awesome subscriptions you can give instantly, with the click of a mouse. Choose from gift…
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We Wish You A Literary Christmas
From Dickens to Nabokov to Ali Smith, Kate Webb traces the history of authors pondering Christmas, and the 21st century revival of the Christmas story: Even in our prickly individualism, hemmed in by consumer goods, there are moments when we…
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The Great Rumpus Mug Sale!
Today through Sunday only, all Rumpus mugs are on sale! Get our Write Like a Motherfucker mug collection, usually $48 plus shipping and handling, for only $42! And our new limited-edition WLAMF mug is only $20! We’re almost out of…
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It’s Not Too Late to Give the Gift of Rumpus!
This holiday season, give the gift of The Rumpus. We have plenty of holiday gift options for the well-read optimist or literary child in your life, and we’re shipping everything priority to make sure it gets to you and your loved ones…
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Iceland, Nation of Readers
Holland isn’t the only Northern European country with unusual Christmas traditions. Icelanders pride themselves on being a nation of readers—93% of residents read at least one book a year, and one in ten publishes one in his or her lifetime.…
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The Book as Christmas Present
Starting in the 1820s, when Christmas was still largely a day of feasting and religious observance, publishers helped pioneer the concept of giving mass-produced goods as presents, inventing an entire genre of books, called Gift Books, designed to be presented…
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Black Friday Sale and Rumpus Holiday Gifts!
This holiday season, give the gift of The Rumpus. We have plenty of holiday gift options for the well-read optimist or literary child in your life, and we’re kicking things off with a Black Friday sale!
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Swinging Modern Sounds #67: The Franchise Restaurants of Song
Musician Owen Ashworth on his new album, Nephew in the Wild, literary influences, self-expression in songwriting, and how becoming a father has changed his work.
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Too Many Books?
Each holiday season, Icelandic readers enjoy the jólabókaflóð. This seemingly unpronounceable word is best translated as the Christmas Book Flood, a tradition of a rush of new books released in time for Christmas. Icelanders have been giving each other books…
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TED WILSON REVIEWS THE WORLD #265
MY CHRISTMAS PUPPY ★★★★★ Hello, and welcome to my week-by-week review of everything in the world. Today I am reviewing my Christmas puppy.
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It’s Not Too Late! Give a Rumpus Gift Subscription!
Need the perfect last-minute holiday gift? Invited to a last-minute holiday party? Forgot about that Secret Santa present you were supposed to pick up? We’ve got you covered. Purchase a holiday gift subscription to Letters in the Mail or Letters for Kids for your…
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Paper Trumpets #15: Puffy Has Something
The images and text on this collage are from an old Christmas book called Baby’s First Christmas, a short picture book published in 1983. I took the story text (about 100 words) and re-arranged it into a sort of dada…