readings
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Podcatcher #3: Poetry Jawns
Emma Sanders and Alina Pleskova charm us with their affection for each other, DIY ethos, and belief on Poetry Jawns, what matters is the work.
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On Giving Public Readings
I’ve always been attracted to live readings for the performance. Whether I’m a reader or an audience member, readings provide a sense of community and connection that’s absent from the solitary act of reading. As anyone who’s ever been to…
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Mark Leyner
Mark Leyner on his new book Gone with the Mind, pressuring the novel form, being a purist Dionysian, and artisanal pap smears.
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Performing Words
Dutifully we come out for the readings, we put on our thinking faces, we offer our commentary, but behind our pensive stares there remains that clandestine part of us that’s honestly just trying not to fall asleep. Lucky for us, this…
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The Whiteness of Literary Events
It’s daunting knowing that you will be the only one of your kind at some of these events. When you’ve been made to feel your otherness so concretely in the past, it’s hard not to notice it. I can’t help…
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Stage Diving and Snap Decisions with Beth Lisick
Back in December we interviewed the talented author, performer, and storyteller Beth Lisick. Read her new interview in Poets & Writers about the art of giving a reading. Here’s what she has to say about pleasing a crowd: I don’t…
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Notable Los Angeles 1/20–1/26
Monday 1/20: It’s MLK day. Help inspire the next generation of great minds, sign up to volunteer through 826LA. Tuesday 1/21: Joe Nelms discusses and signs The Last Time I Died. 7:00 p.m. at Book Soup. Wednesday 1/22: Poetry reading by Michael…
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The Rumpus At SF Lit Crawl!
Tomorrow Night! The Rumpus proudly presents: For We Have Fallen to Our Knees! The Rumpus is excited to participate in the San Francisco Lit Crawl! Come see readings by: Lucy Corin, Saeed Jones, Mac McClelland, and Brian McMullen! There will also…
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Notable Los Angeles 10/14 – 10/20
Monday 10/14: Victoria Redel presents and signs Make Me Do Things. 7:00 p.m. at Book Soup. Tuesday 10/15: Brenda Stevenson discusses and signs The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins: Justice, Gender, and the Origins of the L.A. Riots. 7:00 p.m.…
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SF Lit Crawl: “For We Have Fallen to Our Knees”
The Rumpus proudly presents: For We Have Fallen to Our Knees SF Lit Crawl Phase 3: Saturday October 19th, 8:30-9:30 p.m. The Make-Out Room 3225 22nd Street San Francisco Readings by: Lucy Corin, Saeed Jones, Mac McClelland, and Brian McMullen! Comedy by:…
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Notable Los Angeles: 10/7 – 10/13
Monday 10/7: Andre Dubus III presents and signs Dirty Love. 7 p.m. at Book Soup. Tuesday 10/8: Tongue & Groove presents readers Amelia Gray, Jeremy Radin, Pam Noles, Marsha de la O, and music by Kevin Sandbloom. 6:30 p.m. at…
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Notable New York: 8/19-8/25
The end of August is a notoriously slow time for events of all kinds in New York. Why this year, and this week, has been an exception I do not know. August is full of great, weird, thought-provoking events. Get…