Being Human: A Conversation with Porochista Khakpour
Porochista Khakpour discusses her new memoir, Sick, the difficulty of receiving good medical care, and the blessing of online community.
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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.
Help Porochista Khakpour in Her Fight Against Lyme
This active member of the literary community and brilliant writer needs our help.
Notable San Francisco: 4/11–4/17
Literary events and readings in and around the Bay Area this week!
What to Read When You’re a Whiting Award Winner
The 2018 Whiting Awards winners share books that have inspired them, plus a giveaway!
Congratulations to the 2018 Whiting Award Winners!
The Whiting Awards are given annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
Notable San Francisco: 3/14–3/20
Literary events and readings in and around the Bay Area this week!
The Rumpus Guide to AWP 2018
A selection of AWP 2018 panels, readings, and events that we are especially excited for!
What to Read When They Yell “Go Home!”
A list from Rowan Hisayo Buchanan to celebrate the release of the forthcoming anthology Go Home!.
Notable San Francisco: 5/17–5/23
If you can make only one event this week, don’t miss the Oakland Book Festival on Sunday, 5/21. This all-day festival features more than 100 writers, 50 panels, and lots of tabling…
Notable NYC: 5/6–5/12
Saturday 5/6: Jennifer E. Smith presents Windfall. McNally Jackson Books, 6 p.m., free. Carmen Giménez Smith and Aldrin Valdez join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5.
Notable San Francisco: 1/25–1/31
Wednesday 1/25: Perfectly Queer presents Funny Bits: Humorous Stories from East Bay Queer Writers featuring Ajuan Mance, Willy Wilkinson, and Anna Pulley. Free, 7 p.m., The Octopus Literary Salon. John…