Literary Orphans

  • Being Seen: A Conversation with Lane Moore

    Being Seen: A Conversation with Lane Moore

    Lane Moore discusses her first book, HOW TO BE ALONE.

  • This Week in Short Fiction

    Rion Amilcar Scott’s debut collection Insurrections—our July Rumpus Book Club pick—comes out from University Press of Kentucky on Tuesday and is a timely and vital look into the daily struggles of individuals in the mostly black community of Cross River, Maryland, a…

  • By Any Other Name

    I try to be open about who I am.  I’m not interested in having a blank slate; I’d rather everyone just know what’s on mine. Maybe people think I’m hiding from my past by being Anna. No, far from it.…

  • Anna March’s Foundlings!

    Rumpus contributor Anna March has a new column at Literary Orphans. In her first column, she features essays by Rumpus contributor Laura Bogart, Shannon Barber, and our very own poetry editor, Brian Spears! Here is a taste from Brian’s essay:…