What to Read When You’re a PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize Winner By The Rumpus August 28th, 2020 The 2020 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize winners share books that have inspired them! ...more
Notable Online: 8/23–8/29 By Ian MacAllen August 23rd, 2020 Literary events taking place virtually this week! ...more
Rumpus Exclusive: The Intro to Best Debut Short Stories 2020 By Yuka Igarashi August 10th, 2020 There is a kind of candor that feels exciting, current. ...more
What to Read When You Can’t Write By Courtney Maum April 17th, 2020 Courtney Maum shares a reading list to celebrate BEFORE AND AFTER THE BOOK DEAL. ...more
This Week in Essays By Tamara Matthews January 8th, 2020 A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online! ...more
Congratulations to the 2019 Whiting Award Winners! By The Rumpus March 20th, 2019 The Whiting Awards are given annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. ...more
A Year in Rumpus Book Reviews By The Rumpus December 26th, 2018 A look back at the books we’ve reviewed in 2018! ...more
Notable NYC: 11/10–11/16 By Ian MacAllen November 10th, 2018 Literary events in and around NYC this week! ...more
Writing in Earnest: Talking with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah By S. Ferdowsi October 22nd, 2018 Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah discusses FRIDAY BLACK. ...more
What to Read When Beach Weather Arrives By The Rumpus June 1st, 2018 Rumpus editors suggest some of their favorite summertime reads! ...more
A Heart-Centered Engagement: Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires Reviewed By Allison Noelle Conner April 18th, 2018 Thompson-Spires illustrate[s] the psychic traps set when myths take precedence over lived experience, when “the monstrous head deforms the face.” ...more
What to Read When You’re a Whiting Award Winner By The Rumpus April 6th, 2018 The 2018 Whiting Awards winners share books that have inspired them, plus a giveaway! ...more
