The Rumpus
  • My Account
  • Essays
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Comics
  • Features
    • Interviews
    • The First Book
    • Reviews
    • Themed Months
    • What to Read When
  • Columns
    • Beyond the Page
    • Close Reads
    • Collaborative Criticism
    • ENOUGH
    • Funny Women
    • Parallel Practice
    • Voices on Addiction
    • We Are More
    • Conversations With Writers Braver Than Me
    • Dear Sugar
    • Roxane Gay
    • All Columns
  • Store
  • Prize
  • Rumpus Membership
  • Merch
  • Letters in the Mail
  • Bonfire Merch
  • My Account
Become a MemberDonate
Become a Member Donate
The Rumpus
The Rumpus The Rumpus
  • My Account
  • Essays
  • Fiction
  • Poetry
  • Comics
  • Features
    • Interviews
    • The First Book
    • Reviews
    • Themed Months
    • What to Read When
  • Columns
    • Beyond the Page
    • Close Reads
    • Collaborative Criticism
    • ENOUGH
    • Funny Women
    • Parallel Practice
    • Voices on Addiction
    • We Are More
    • Conversations With Writers Braver Than Me
    • Dear Sugar
    • Roxane Gay
    • All Columns
  • Store
  • Prize
0

Posts by tag

Meghan O’Rourke

16 posts
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Poetry
  • Rumpus Original

To Move Forward but Not Forget: Talking with Chloe Yelena Miller

  • Dorothy Bendel
  • February 19, 2021
Chloe Yelena Miller discusses her debut full-length poetry collection, VIABLE.
Read
Read
  • Notable New York

Notable NYC: 9/21–9/27

  • Ian MacAllen
  • September 21, 2019
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
Read
Read
  • Notable New York

Notable NYC: 4/6–4/12

  • Ian MacAllen
  • April 6, 2019
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
Read
Read
  • Notable New York

Notable NYC: 1/26–2/1

  • Ian MacAllen
  • January 26, 2019
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
Read
Read
  • Notable New York

Notable NYC: 5/12–5/18

  • Ian MacAllen
  • May 12, 2018
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
Read
  • Notable New York

Notable NYC: 10/28–11/3

  • Ian MacAllen
  • October 28, 2017
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
Read
  • Features & Reviews

Congratulations to the 2017 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant Recipients!

  • Lyz Lenz
  • October 12, 2017
The Whiting Foundation's Creative Nonfiction Grant is in its second year and seeks to acknowledge the creation of exemplary works of nonfiction.
Read
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Rumpus Original
  • What to Read When

What to Read When You Want to Write Like a Mother

  • The Rumpus
  • September 29, 2017
A list of books that wrangle, directly or indirectly, with motherhood and all that comes with it (or its absence).
Read
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Poetry
  • Reviews

Imagination Is Like Grace: Meghan O’Rourke’s Sun in Days

  • James Davis May
  • September 22, 2017
A poem doesn’t bring the dead back to life, but a memory has a touch of immortality: it’s a sort of recompense—forever isn’t exactly a lie, even if it’s not completely true.
Read
  • Notable New York

Notable NYC: 9/16–9/22

  • Ian MacAllen
  • September 16, 2017
Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
Read
  • Other

Last Rain

  • Sarah Edwards
  • May 13, 2014
Every holiday has its parallel griefs, as much for what isn’t present as for what is. In the New Yorker, Ruth Margalit writes beautifully about experiencing Mother’s Day, after her mother is…
Read
  • Features & Reviews
  • Poetry
  • Reviews
  • Rumpus Original

What You Lost Is What Everyone Lost

  • Brachah Goykadosh
  • March 16, 2012
Often, in contemporary literature, grief becomes clichéd; O’Rourke, however, avoids sappiness or melodrama. Instead, her poetry probes at the actualization of grief, revealing a startling emotional depth.
Read

Posts pagination

1 2 Next
Become a Member!

BECOME A MONTHLY OR ANNUAL RUMPUS MEMBER AND RECEIVE EXCLUSIVE CONTENT, EDITORIAL INSIGHTS, MERCH DISCOUNTS, AND MORE! OUR GOAL IS TO REACH AT LEAST 600 MEMBERS BY THE END OF 2025 TO COVER OUR BASIC OPERATING COSTS.

Join today!
COMMUNITY SUPPORT KEEPS THE MAGAZINE GOING!

Founded in 2009, The Rumpus is one of the longest-running online literary magazines around. We’ve been independent from the start, which means we’re not connected with any academic institution, wealthy benefactor, or part of a larger publishing company. The vast majority of the magazine’s funding comes from reader support.

In other words, we can’t survive without YOU!

Make a Tax-Deductible Donation
Letters in the mail (from authors)

Receive letters from some of our favorite authors written just for Rumpus readers and sent straight into your (snail) mailbox 2x a month!

sign up now!

Keep in Touch

The Rumpus publishes original fiction, poetry, literary humor writing, comics, essays, book reviews, and interviews with authors and artists of all kinds. Our mostly volunteer-run magazine strives to be a platform for risk-taking voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere. We lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers our readers may already know and love. We want to bring new perspectives into the conversation that will make us all look deeper.

We believe that literature builds community—and if reading The Rumpus makes you feel more connected, please show your support! Get your Rumpus merch in our online store. Subscribe to receive Letters in the Mail from authors or join us by becoming a monthly or yearly Member.

We support independent bookstores! 10% of sales on any titles purchased through our Bookshop.org page or affiliate links benefits the magazine.

The Rumpus in your Inbox!
The Rumpus
  • Team
  • About & Writers’ Guidelines
  • Advertise
  • TOS and Privacy Policy
© 2025, The Rumpus.

Input your search keywords and press Enter.