What to Read When: A Holiday Book-Gifting Guide
Rumpus recommendations for books to gift to friends and family this holiday season!
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Posts Tagged: Kyle Lucia Wu
What to Read When You Want to Quit Your Job
Wendy J. Fox shares a reading list to celebrate WHAT IF WE WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Flop, Turn, River”
“You should only bluff if you are prepared for the life it brings you,” my dad said. “You bluff, then you can’t go back.”
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Notable Online: 9/26–10/2
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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What to Read When You’ve Made It Halfway Through 2021
Rumpus editors share forthcoming books they can’t wait to read!
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate APIA Heritage Month
Rumpus editors share a list of new and forthcoming books to celebrate APIA Heritage Month!
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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 Mini-Interview Project #144: Cathy Linh Che
“I think a safe space is one of deep listening and deep caring.”
...moreNotable NYC: 2/10–2/16
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
...moreNotable NYC: 1/13–1/19
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
...moreNotable NYC: 11/18–11/24
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
...moreNotable NYC: 9/9–9/15
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
...moreNotable NYC: 7/15–7/21
Monday 7/17: Tamara Shopsin presents Arbitrary Stupid Goal and talks with Jason Fulford. Greenlight Fort Greene, 7:30 p.m., free. Victoria Redel discusses Before Everything with Paul Lisicky. McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free.
...moreNotable NYC: 5/20–5/26
Saturday 5/20: Mohammad Rabie and Mona Kareem discuss Otared: Arabic Dystopian Fiction. McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free. Vivien Goldman and Sarada Rauch join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 5/21: Tobias Carroll, Julia Strayer, Bruna Dantas Lobato, M’Bilia Meekers, and Piper Weiss join the Pigeon Pages reading series. POWERHOUSE Archway, 5 […]
...moreNotable NYC: 3/11–3/17
Saturday 3/11: Carolyn Hembree, Neil Shepard, and Terese Svoboda read poetry. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 7 p.m., free. Chris Tysh and Cole Swensen join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 3/12: Joshua Mohr discusses his memoir Sirens with Charles Bock. McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free.
...moreNotable NYC: 11/19–11/25
Saturday 11/19: We Are All Affected, a Trump Protest. Union Square, 11 a.m.–3 p.m., free. Maxe Crandall, Allison Parrish, Charlie Bondhus, and Hal Schrieve celebrate the third issue of Vetch. McNally Jackson Books, 7 p.m., free. Sasha Banks and Alex Cuff join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 11/20: Anti-Trump Presidency Rally […]
...moreComing of Age in New York City
Over at Guernica, Kyle Lucia Wu talks with Stephanie Danler about her new novel, Sweetbitter, and how Danler’s personal experiences as a young woman living in New York City and working in a restaurant overlap with those of her protagonist: There is this moment when you cross the bridge or you land at JFK where […]
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The Rumpus Interview with Anthony Marra
Anthony Marra discusses his latest book, The Tsar of Love and Techno, how humor affects literature, how absurdity affects war, and what makes the perfect mixtape.
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The Rumpus Interview with Sunil Yapa
Sunil Yapa discusses his debut novel, Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist, radical empathy, growing up surrounded by politics, and losing the first draft of his novel in Chile.
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The Rumpus Interview with Lincoln Michel
Lincoln Michel talks about his debut short story collection, Upright Beasts, his interest in monsters, and what sources of culture outside of literature inspire him.
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The Rumpus Interview with Ben Fama
Ben Fama talks about his first full-length poetry collection, Fantasy, the New Narrative movement, and the worst thing that could happen at the Chateau Marmont.
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