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Podcatcher #3: Poetry Jawns

  • P.E. Garcia
  • July 6, 2016
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

  • Victor Luo
  • April 14, 2016
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…
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Mark Leyner

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • March 16, 2016
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

  • Roxie Pell
  • March 8, 2016
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…
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The Whiteness of Literary Events

  • Mary Allen
  • November 12, 2015
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…
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Stage Diving and Snap Decisions with Beth Lisick

  • Mary Allen
  • March 24, 2014
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…
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Notable Los Angeles 1/20–1/26

  • Xach Fromson
  • January 20, 2014
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.…
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The Rumpus At SF Lit Crawl!

  • Ashley Perez
  • October 18, 2013
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…
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Notable Los Angeles 10/14 – 10/20

  • Xach Fromson
  • October 14, 2013
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,…
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SF Lit Crawl: “For We Have Fallen to Our Knees”

  • Rumpus Events
  • October 9, 2013
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:…
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Notable Los Angeles: 10/7 – 10/13

  • Xach Fromson
  • October 7, 2013
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…
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Notable New York: 8/19-8/25

  • Dustin Luke Nelson
  • August 19, 2013
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…
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