What to Read When You’re a Weird Girl
Sheila Squillante shares a reading list to celebrate MOSTLY HUMAN.
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Jennifer Givhan
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What to Read When: A Holiday Book-Gifting Guide
Rumpus editors share their favorite books to gift to friends and family!
What to Read When You’ve Made It Halfway Through 2020
Rumpus editors share forthcoming books they can’t wait to read!
Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Jennifer Givhan
They are headless. As I am too often / headless. As women are wont to be.
What to Read When You Want to Rethink Motherhood
Rumpus editors share a Mother’s Day reading list to challenge traditional views of motherhood!
Telling Our Truths: A Conversation with Shaindel Beers
Shaindel Beers discusses her third collection, SECURE YOUR OWN MASK.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Jennifer Givhan
Good thing we hadn’t held the chrysalid funeral yet. The two butterflies emerged. Damaged wings but reborn.
The Miracle Bowl
Praise the family that tethers me. Praise the well-used kitchen utensils and scoured mixing bowls and butter knives, thick slabs of jelly on the bread.
What to Read When You Want to Write Like a Mother
A list of books that wrangle, directly or indirectly, with motherhood and all that comes with it (or its absence).
What It Means to Hold and Be Held in Jennifer Givhan’s Protection Spell
The book explores ambiguities—in terms of race, in terms of motherhood, but especially in terms of the body and the subconscious.