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Mallory Ortberg

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What to Read When: A Holiday Book-Gifting Guide

  • The Rumpus
  • November 23, 2018
Rumpus editors share their favorite books to gift to friends and family!
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  • Notable San Francisco

Notable San Francisco: 3/14–3/20

  • Chuy Haugen Mendeola
  • March 14, 2018
Literary events and readings in and around the Bay Area this week!
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Just Doing It: A Conversation with Daniel Ortberg

  • Rumaan Alam
  • March 12, 2018
Mallory Ortberg discusses their new book, The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror, what it means to be a self-taught writer, and questioning gender.
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  • Notable Los Angeles

Notable Los Angeles: 3/5–3/11

  • Xach Fromson
  • March 5, 2018
Literary events and reading in and around L.A. this week!
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What to Read When 2018 Is Just Around the Corner

  • The Rumpus
  • December 29, 2017
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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  • Notable San Francisco

Notable San Francisco: 11/1–11/7

  • Chuy Haugen Mendeola
  • November 1, 2017
Literary events and readings in and around the Bay Area this week!
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Lady Killers and Our Obsession with Murder: Talking with Tori Telfer

  • Lyz Lenz
  • October 16, 2017
Tori Telfer discusses her first book Lady Killers and the fragile "social saran wrap" that keeps us all from killing each other.
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This Week in Essays

  • Tamara Matthews
  • May 17, 2017
Noriko Nakada writes with mesmerizing beauty on outrunning her darkness for Catapult. In the latest TORCH installment at The Rumpus, Nadia Owusu traces the inherited trauma in her family’s history.
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Keeping It Real

  • Adam Keller
  • June 24, 2016
Sometimes God needs to cut the crap and level with his devotees. As we enter the final week of regular posts at The Toast, Mallory Ortberg has given us an updated…
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Weekly Geekery

  • Lyz Lenz
  • May 17, 2016
In a blow to nerdy librarians everywhere, The Toast is closing. And what does the closing of The Toast mean for online community? How social media changes the fame game.…
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(Attractive) Debut Novelists Earn Millions

  • Ian MacAllen
  • May 5, 2016
Emma Cline received $2m advance for The Girls, due out in June, which puts her near the top of a growing list of first-time writers with advances in the millions. Last…
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The Faces of The Face on the Milk Carton

  • Theodora Messalas
  • April 29, 2016
The YA novel The Face on The Milk Carton has marked a thrilling yet disturbing rite of passage for many young readers over the past 25 years, iconic right down…
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