Michelle Tea
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World Scheduled to End This Weekend
And it’s funny—people bring up the fact that Black Wave starts out as memoir and turns into fiction, but… isn’t that what fiction is? Over at BOMB, Sara Jaffe sat down with Michelle Tea, author of Black Wave, to talk…
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The Geography of Rock Bottom
Like, your life is falling apart and shit is pretty fucked up and you come to the conclusion that if you just split town you could chill out and be normal again. At BuzzFeed, Michelle Tea, author of Black Wave, gives…
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A Rumpus Book Club Subscription Makes a Great Gift
We’re at that point in the holiday shopping season where if you don’t already have a gift for someone, you either have to deal with the other last-minute shoppers in stores, pay an outrageous shipping rate online and hope the post…
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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Patrick O’Neil
Patrick O’Neil talks about his debut memoir Gun Needle Spoon, being big in France, the drug/recovery genre, and writing through trauma.
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Growing Up: The Rumpus Interview with Michelle Tea
Michelle Tea discusses life in recovery, the meaning of family, motherhood, and her new memoir How to Grow Up.
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How to Grow Up by Michelle Tea
Samantha Claire Updegrave reviews How to Grow Up by Michelle Tea today in Rumpus Books.
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Writing Happiness
Michelle Tea talks with Bustle about her new memoir How to Grow Up, motherhood, Botox, and what it’s like to write about things being good: It’s the first time I’ve ever worked on a piece of writing where I’m writing…
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The Families We Create
Rumpus contributor Michelle Tea talks with Ms. Fit Magazine about getting pregnant, the families we create ourselves, and MUTHA Magazine. Here is probably one of the coolest quotes ever seen in an interview: “I do think there are tons of…
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Support Sister Spit
Back in 1994 in San Francisco, Sini Anderson and Rumpus contributor Michelle Tea cofounded Sister Spit, a “a weekly, free, all-girl open mic” that challenged the status quo of the male-dominated open-mic scene. It wasn’t long before they took the show…
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Remembering A Literary Hoax
Michelle Tea writes about a dark time in the San Francisco literary scene. After the novel Sarah came out to critical acclaim, JT Leroy was a powerful new voice in the queer community. It turns out JT Leroy never existed. She…
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An Invitation to RADAR’s 10th Birthday Party
RADAR Productions, the queer-centric literary-event non-profit founded by Rumpus pal Michelle Tea, is turning ten! Come celebrate those double digits at RADAR Superstar, a free event featuring Jibz Cameron, Brian Freeman, Maryam Rostani, and our very own Thomas Page McBee.…
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Dip Your Toe In Chelsea Creek
Ella snorted a last bit of smoke from her nose, like a dragon, and flung her butt in the creek. “That’s not a job, Soph. That’s slavery. There are child labor laws. I bet you could call social services on…