What to Read When You Want to Explore Voices of Disability
Jaye Viner shares a reading list to celebrate JANE OF BATTERY PARK.
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Posts Tagged: Porochista Khakpour
Notable Online: 7/26–8/1
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Notable Online: 7/12–7/18
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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What to Read When You’re Living in a Female Body
Marcia Trahan shares a reading list to celebrate MERCY: A MEMOIR OF MEDICAL TRAUMA AND TRUE CRIME OBSESSION.
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate APIA Heritage Month
Rumpus editors share a list of new and forthcoming books to celebrate APIA Heritage Month!
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Memoir Monday Online: Khakpour, Long, Shah, Volz
Watch May’s online Memoir Monday reading!
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Notable Online: 5/17–5/23
Literary events taking place virtually this week!
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Food in Times of Need: Eat Joy edited by Natalie Eve Garrett
This book begs to be flipped through and read with leisure.
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Turning Purple: Blood Feast
It isn’t until I look at my wife’s face that I can feel my own fear.
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The Rumpus Guide to AWP 2019
A selection of AWP 2019 panels, readings, and events that we are especially excited for!
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Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Eva Hagberg Fisher
Eva Hagberg Fisher discusses her debut memoir, HOW TO BE LOVED.
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A Year in Rumpus Book Reviews
A look back at the books we’ve reviewed in 2018!
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Notable Chicago: 7/27–8/2
Literary events in and around Chicago this week!
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Notable Portland: 7/19–7/25
Literary events in and around Portland this week!
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Notable San Francisco: 6/27–7/3
Literary events in and around the Bay Area this week!
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Notable Los Angeles: 6/18–6/24
Literary events in and around L.A. this week!
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Notable NYC: 6/16–6/22
Literary events in and around New York City this week!
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Struggling toward Truth: Porochista Khakpour’s Sick
Khakpour gathers courage, again and again, as she reaches into the most painful parts of her life, excavates them, and holds them up to the light.
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Notable NYC: 6/9–6/15
Literary events in and around New York City this week!
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Being Human: A Conversation with Porochista Khakpour
Porochista Khakpour discusses her new memoir, Sick, the difficulty of receiving good medical care, and the blessing of online community.
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Help Porochista Khakpour in Her Fight Against Lyme
This active member of the literary community and brilliant writer needs our help.
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The Experience Takes Its Shape from You: Talking with Naima Coster
Naima Coster discusses her debut novel, Halsey Street, getting pushback on her use of Spanish, and the importance of equity and inclusion in higher education.
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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!
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VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Morgan Jerkins
Morgan Jerkins discusses This Will Be My Undoing, getting her start on the Internet, and why her collection of linked personal essays isn’t just another Millennial read.
...moreNotable Los Angeles: 1/15–1/21
Literary events and readings in and around L.A. this week!
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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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Literary events and readings in and around New York City this week!
...moreWhat We’re Reading in June!
We’re excited to share that our June Book Club pick is The Tower of the Antilles by Achy Obejas! The Cubans in Obejas’s new story collection are haunted by an island: the island they fled, the island they’ve created, the island they were taken to or forced from, the island they long for, the island they return to, and the island […]
...moreNotable NYC: 2/25–3/3
Saturday 2/25: Christian Hawkey and Himanshu Suri join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Emily Brandt and Ali Power join the SOLO reading series. Wendy’s Subway, 7 p.m., free. Sunday 2/26: Nicole Steinberg celebrates the release of Glass Actress with Niina Pollari, Sarah Jean Grimm, and Esther Lin. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 4 p.m., […]
...moreNotable NYC: 2/11–2/17
Saturday 2/11: Immigrant Rally: Here to Stay. Washington Square Park, 2 p.m., free. Maryam Monalisa Gharavi and Jennifer Scappettone join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 2/12: Nicole Fix, Joanna C. Valente, Fraylie Nord, and Yardenne Greenspan join the Sundays at Erv’s reading series. Erv’s, 6 p.m., free. Peter Burghardt, Sara Wintz, […]
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