The Rumpus
  • My Account
  • Essays
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Comics
  • Features
    • Interviews
    • The First Book
    • Reviews
    • Themed Months
    • What to Read When
  • Columns
    • Beyond the Page
    • Close Reads
    • Collaborative Criticism
    • ENOUGH
    • Funny Women
    • Parallel Practice
    • Voices on Addiction
    • We Are More
    • Conversations With Writers Braver Than Me
    • Dear Sugar
    • Roxane Gay
    • All Columns
  • Store
  • Prize
  • Rumpus Membership
  • Merch
  • Letters in the Mail
  • Bonfire Merch
  • My Account
Become a MemberDonate
Become a Member Donate
The Rumpus
The Rumpus The Rumpus
  • My Account
  • Essays
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Comics
  • Features
    • Interviews
    • The First Book
    • Reviews
    • Themed Months
    • What to Read When
  • Columns
    • Beyond the Page
    • Close Reads
    • Collaborative Criticism
    • ENOUGH
    • Funny Women
    • Parallel Practice
    • Voices on Addiction
    • We Are More
    • Conversations With Writers Braver Than Me
    • Dear Sugar
    • Roxane Gay
    • All Columns
  • Store
  • Prize
0

Posts by tag

instagram

56 posts
meyer lemon cut in half
Read
  • Essays
  • Rumpus Original

The Muralist 

  • Ilana Bean
  • February 14, 2023
The thing about living with my ex’s mural of his own ex about two hundred feet from my apartment was that I loved it.
Read
Read
  • Other

This Week in Essays

  • Tamara Matthews
  • October 13, 2021
A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!
Read
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Rumpus Original

A Psychogeographical Bildungsroman: Talking with Jo Hamya

  • Eva Dunsky
  • July 30, 2021
Jo Hamya discusses her debut novel, THREE ROOMS.
Read
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Rumpus Original

Destiny as Fantasy: Talking with Beth Morgan

  • Svetlana Satchkova
  • July 14, 2021
Beth Morgan discusses her debut novel, A TOUCH OF JEN.
Read
Read
  • Rumpus Original

The Space Between Vertebrae

  • August Lamm
  • May 24, 2021
My hands grow cold and rigid. In those blue-tinged palms, I can see my future.
Read
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Rumpus Original

The Seductive Nature of Faith: Talking with Alex McElroy

  • Greg Mania
  • May 17, 2021
Alex McElroy discusses their debut novel, THE ATMOSPHERIANS.
Read
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Rumpus Original

The Art of Striving to Convince: A Conversation with Elizabeth McCracken

  • Eva Jurczyk
  • April 26, 2021
Elizabeth McCracken discusses her new story collection, THE SOUVENIR MUSEUM.
Read
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Reviews

Nowhere to Go but Deeper into the Self: Lauren Oyler’s Fake Accounts

  • Ella Fox-Martens
  • March 31, 2021
Who said great literature has to make the reader feel good?
Read
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Reviews

The Inescapability of Motherhood: Makenna Goodman’s The Shame

  • Allison Grace Myers
  • January 13, 2021
When the novel begins, Alma is in the car, speeding away from her life.
Read
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Rumpus Original

Grateful Maniacs: A Conversation with Dawn Davies

  • Julie Marie Wade
  • October 30, 2020
Dawn Davies discusses her debut memoir, MOTHERS OF SPARTA.
Read
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Rumpus Original

Interestingness Is Always There: Talking with Jenny Odell

  • Beth Ward
  • February 14, 2020
Jenny Odell discusses HOW TO DO NOTHING: RESISTING THE ATTENTION ECONOMY.
Read
Read
  • Rumpus Original

Deleting Your Photos in a Poppy Field

  • Christopher Soto
  • February 5, 2020
It took all of the world’s beauty for me step forward, once more.
Read

Posts pagination

1 2 3 … 5 Next
Become a Member!

BECOME A MONTHLY OR ANNUAL RUMPUS MEMBER AND RECEIVE EXCLUSIVE CONTENT, EDITORIAL INSIGHTS, MERCH DISCOUNTS, AND MORE! OUR GOAL IS TO REACH AT LEAST 600 MEMBERS BY THE END OF 2025 TO COVER OUR BASIC OPERATING COSTS.

Join today!
COMMUNITY SUPPORT KEEPS THE MAGAZINE GOING!

Founded in 2009, The Rumpus is one of the longest-running online literary magazines around. We’ve been independent from the start, which means we’re not connected with any academic institution, wealthy benefactor, or part of a larger publishing company. The vast majority of the magazine’s funding comes from reader support.

In other words, we can’t survive without YOU!

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation
Letters in the mail (from authors)

Receive letters from some of our favorite authors written just for Rumpus readers and sent straight into your (snail) mailbox 2x a month!

sign up now!

Keep in Touch

The Rumpus publishes original fiction, poetry, literary humor writing, comics, essays, book reviews, and interviews with authors and artists of all kinds. Our mostly volunteer-run magazine strives to be a platform for risk-taking voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere. We lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers our readers may already know and love. We want to bring new perspectives into the conversation that will make us all look deeper.

We believe that literature builds community—and if reading The Rumpus makes you feel more connected, please show your support! Get your Rumpus merch in our online store. Subscribe to receive Letters in the Mail from authors or join us by becoming a monthly or yearly Member.

We support independent bookstores! 10% of sales on any titles purchased through our Bookshop.org page or affiliate links benefits the magazine.

The Rumpus in your Inbox!
The Rumpus
  • Team
  • About & Writers’ Guidelines
  • Advertise
  • TOS and Privacy Policy
© 2025, The Rumpus.

Input your search keywords and press Enter.