Everything Must Change: A Conversation with Melissa Febos
Melissa Febos discusses her new essay collection, GIRLHOOD.
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What to Read When: Rumpus Staff Favorites 2020
The Rumpus editorial staff selects our favorite pieces from 2020!
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From the Editors: Election 2020
Rumpus editors share their thoughts, fears, and concerns around the impending election.
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This Week in Essays
A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!
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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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What to Read When: Rumpus Staff Favorites 2019
The Rumpus editorial staff selects our favorite pieces from 2019!
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The Rumpus Guide to AWP 2018
A selection of AWP 2018 panels, readings, and events that we are especially excited for!
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ENOUGH: Because Women Bear the Whole Wet World
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Breaking Through: Gayle Brandeis Discusses The Art of Misdiagnosis
Gayle Brandeis discusses her memoir, The Art of Misdiagnosis, out today from Beacon Press.
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The Story We Have Yet to Tell: Talking with Haroon Moghul
Haroon Moghul discusses How to Be a Muslim: An American Story, his own religious journey, and the blessings that come with being an outsider.
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It’s Never Too Late to Be Found: A Conversation with Rene Denfeld
Rene Denfeld discusses her latest book, The Child Finder, the ways in which trauma traps us, and the important role of imagination in finding resilience and escape.
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Breaking the Binaries: A Conversation with Lidia Yuknavitch
Lidia Yuknavitch discusses her new novel, Book of Joan, a reimagining of the Joan of Arc story set in a terrifying future where the heroine has emerged to save a world ravaged by war, violence, and greed.
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In the Saturday Essay, Rachel Wilkinson shares her findings after watching seventy-eight episodes of the competitive reality show Shark Tank in only six weeks. Shark Tanks‘s business moguls decide on the air, with all the requisite pageantry, whether they want to provide venture capital for the contestants’ small businesses. To Wilkinson, a “left-leaning” “liberal” academic, […]
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: The Story of My Fear Over Time
A boy dies at exactly my age, one month past ten years old. We share a birthday, same day, same year.
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