A Fundamental Sense of Mystery: Talking with Cara Blue Adams
Cara Blue Adams discusses her debut story collection, YOU NEVER GET IT BACK.
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Posts Tagged: laura van den berg
What to Read When You Want to Be Haunted
Allison Ellis shares a reading list for when you want to be haunted!
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Notable Online: 9/5–9/11
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable Online: 8/8–8/14
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable Online: 6/6–6/12
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable Online: 5/9–5/15
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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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!
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Notable Online: 10/4–10/10
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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No Unnecessary Touching: A Conversation with C. Kubasta
C. Kubasta discusses her new collection, ABJECTIFICATION: STORIES & TRUTHS.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Matthew Salesses
Matthew Salesses discusses his new novel, DISAPPEAR DOPPELGÄNGER DISAPPEAR.
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Notable Online: 8/9–8/15
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Queer, Magicked Reality: A Conversation with JD Scott
JD Scott discusses their new story collection, MOONFLOWER, NIGHTSHADE, ALL THE HOURS OF THE DAY.
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Notable Online: 5/17–5/23
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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A Pinpoint Perspective: Talking with Jami Attenberg
Jami Attenberg discusses her newest novel, ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS.
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Notable NYC: 8/31–9/6
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Notable Chicago: 10/5–10/11
Literary events in and around Chicago this week!
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Notable NYC: 9/15–9/21
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Notable Los Angeles: 8/27–9/2
Literary events in and around L.A. this week!
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Notable San Francisco: 8/22–8/28
Literary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
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Notable NYC: 8/4–8/10
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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What to Read When You’ve Made It Halfway Through 2018
Rumpus editors share forthcoming books they can’t wait to read!
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What to Read When 2018 Is Just Around the Corner
While we can’t promise that 2018 won’t find us facing more political upheaval, we can assure you that there will be great literature to offer moments of escape and inspiration.
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What to Read When You’re Thinking about Florida
In celebration of our Floridian friends and family, we’ve compiled a list of great books that take place in, engage with, or otherwise visit the “Sunshine state.”
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Black Friday Sale and Rumpus Holiday Gifts!
This holiday season, give the gift of The Rumpus! We have plenty of holiday gift options for the well-read optimist or literary child in your life, and we’re kicking things off with a Black Friday sale!
...moreNext Letter in the Mail: Leigh Stein
We’re getting ready to send out our 7/1 Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Leigh Stein! Leigh writes to us about digital dualism—are her friendships formed via an online community second class to her “real life” relationships? Subscribe today to find out. SUMMER PROMOTION! For the month of June only, purchase a yearly LITM subscription and you’ll receive an autographed copy […]
...moreYou’ve Got Mail
Author and illustrator Summer Pierre—whose work has been featured here on The Rumpus—wrote a Letter in the Mail about solo road trips for us back in February, and that letter has now been featured on PEN America’s “Illustrated PEN” series. In case you missed it, you can receive letters in the mail (yes, real paper letters […]
...moreNext Letter in the Mail: Laura van den Berg
We’re getting ready to send out our 6/15 Letter in the Mail, and it’s from author Laura van den Berg! Laura writes to us on a train while traveling from New York City to Albany and extolls the virtues of transit and dogs. And, for the month of June only, purchase a yearly LITM subscription and you’ll receive an autographed copy of Laura van […]
...moreOyeyemi’s Luminous Universe
Author Laura van den Berg has glowing words about Helen Oyeyemi’s short story collection, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours. In her New York Times book review, van den Berg writes: “A collection is, by my lights, a chance to build a universe, an overarching ecosystem… Oyeyemi has created a universe that dazzles and […]
...moreThis Week in Short Fiction
What do you get when you combine a missing sister, an attic door that won’t close, a biohazard cleaning team, and a cameo from two blind tabby cats named Dr. No and Mr. Goldfinger? A new Laura van den Berg story, “Aftermath.” Originally published in the most recent print-only issue of Conjunctions, you can read […]
...moreThis Week in Short Fiction
Imagine a world in the late 21st century: countries are underwater from the rising oceans, Europeans have become refugees, and a mathematical formula has been discovered that explains the entire universe, the applications of which include human flight (sans airplane) and the ability to remove pain and grief. That’s the world Lesley Nneka Arimah has […]
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