Through a Prism: A Conversation with Sarah Kasbeer
Sarah Kasbeer discusses her debut essay collection, A WOMAN, A PLAN, AN OUTLINE OF A MAN.
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What to Read When You like Your Memoirs in Essays
Sarah Kasbeer shares a reading list to celebrate A WOMAN, A PLAN, AN OUTLINE OF A MAN.
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What to Read When You’re Living in a Female Body
Marcia Trahan shares a reading list to celebrate MERCY: A MEMOIR OF MEDICAL TRAUMA AND TRUE CRIME OBSESSION.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn
Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn discusses her debut essay collection, A FISH GROWING LUNGS.
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What to Read When You Need to See Someone Else’s Light and Darkness
Carla Rachel Sameth shares a reading list to celebrate ONE DAY ON THE GOLD LINE.
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Tracing the Fractures: A Conversation with Kristen Millares Young
Kristen Millares Young discusses her debut novel, SUBDUCTION.
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The Rumpus Guide to AWP 2020
A selection of AWP 2020 panels, readings, and events that we are especially excited for!
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton
Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton discusses SHAPES OF NATIVE NONFICTION.
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What to Read When You Feel Fragmented and Seek Structure
Chelsea Biondolillo shares a reading list in celebration of her debut essay collection, THE SKIN BIRD.
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Notable Philadelphia: 5/14–5/20
Literary events in and around Philly this week!
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What We’re Reading in June!
Find out what The Rumpus Book Club is reading in June!
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The Rumpus Guide to AWP 2019
A selection of AWP 2019 panels, readings, and events that we are especially excited for!
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This Week in Essays
A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!
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A Lumpy, Misshapen Book: Talking with Elissa Washuta
Elissa Washuta discusses her chapbook, STARVATION MODE.
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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.
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The Emotion of the Moment: Talking with Terese Marie Mailhot
Terese Marie Mailhot discusses her debut memoir, Heart Berries, crafting trauma on the page, and her views on motherhood after writing her memoir.
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Women’s History
Rumpus editors select writing that speaks to women’s history—past, present, and future.
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A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!
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What to Read When Everyone Is Talking about Rape
A list of memoirs, fiction, poetry collections, and nonfiction that deal with rape culture and the many ways that is shapes our society and the women and men who live within it.
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Happy International Women’s Day! Why not read some essays if you have extra time today, starting with Dayna Tortorici laying out the reasons for striking today at n + 1. Timothy Denevi ventured to CPAC and got a front row seat to the banality of evil for Lit Hub. J. Malcolm Garcia dives deep into the story of a […]
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Over at Electric Literature, Nicole Reber interviews Elissa Washuta about her experience as a Native writer navigating indifferent and tokenizing responses to her work, and the hybrid nature of her own writing style.
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Washington State Book Award finalist and Rumpus Saturday Editor Elissa Washuta was interviewed by Moss about her writing, living in the Pacific Northwest, and pop culture.
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You may have noticed some recent changes to The Rumpus masthead. First, the sad news. Mary-Kim Arnold, our fearless Essays Editor who took over for the inimitable Roxane Gay, is leaving to pursue other projects. We wish her all the best, and are excited to see what she’ll be working on next! We’re also saying […]
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My Body is a Book of Rules by Elissa Washuta
Samantha Claire Updegrave reviews My Body Is a Book of Rules by Elissa Washuta today in Rumpus Books.
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