What to Read When You Want to Reclaim Your Time
Books that center us and offer new perspectives.
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Posts Tagged: Mary-Kim Arnold
Notable NYC: 6/16–6/22
Literary events in and around New York City this week!
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Notable NYC: 5/12–5/18
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Mary-Kim Arnold
Mary-Kim Arnold discusses her debut book, Litany for the Long Moment, exploring adoption through a feminist lens, and dancing on the line between genres.
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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!
...moreWhat We’re Reading in March!
Find out what The Rumpus Book Club is reading in March!
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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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ENOUGH: That, Too, Is an Ordinary Story
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreIntroducing the Rumpus Advisory Board
When we shared our exciting news about The Rumpus’s future last month, I mentioned that we’d create an advisory board to help us guide the site forward. The function of the advisory board is to help when we have questions or need a sounding board for new ideas, to serve as role models for us, and to […]
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Big Rumpus News!
Today, I am very excited and more than a little nervous to share with you all that I am the new Editor-in-Chief and owner of The Rumpus.
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Multitudes: The Practice of Forgetting
I want to say it must matter. Because history is erased from our veins when we allow ourselves to forget where we came from.
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Multitudes: What Is a Haunting?
What cannot be forgotten/cannot be remembered?
...moreMeet Our New Rumpus Editors!
You may have noticed some recent changes to The Rumpus masthead. First, the sad news. Mary-Kim Arnold, our fearless Essays Editor who took over for the inimitable Roxane Gay, is leaving to pursue other projects. We wish her all the best, and are excited to see what she’ll be working on next! We’re also saying […]
...moreThe Last Poem I Loved: “Untitled” by Tina Brown Celona
This poem begins with an epigraph: In poetry at least the imagination must not detach itself from reality… -Wallace Stevens I want to be in love forever and not like anyone else
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