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Next Letter in the Mail: Rebecca Makkai

  • The Rumpus
  • December 16, 2019
Our next Letter in the Mail is from author Rebecca Makkai!
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Black Friday Sale and Rumpus Holiday Gifts!

  • The Rumpus
  • November 25, 2016
This holiday season, give the gift of The Rumpus! We have plenty of holiday gift options for the well-read optimist or literary child in your life, and we're kicking things off with a Black Friday sale!
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Writing about Humans

  • Stephanie Bento
  • October 28, 2015
I don’t trust any writer who takes himself seriously. It’s all kind of ridiculous. Our job is to write about humans, and humans are funny.  Over at BOMB Magazine, J.T. Price…
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This Week in Short Fiction

  • Claire Burgess
  • June 26, 2015
In the wake of the Charleston church shooting last week and with Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev back in the news, the world seems full of nothing but hate and…
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Next Letter in the Mail: Rebecca Makkai

  • The Rumpus
  • June 24, 2015
We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from Rebecca Makkai! Rebecca writes a handwritten letter from her home airport O’Hare, sharing with us its secrets. She also…
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