Writing Down the Shadows: Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Tales of Horror
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...moreLiterary events taking place virtually this week!
...moreRumpus editors share for their favorite writing that speaks to Black history past, present, and future.
...moreOur next Letter in the Mail is from award-winning author Rion Amilcar Scott!
...moreLiterary events in and around NYC this week!
...moreRumpus editors share their favorite books to gift to friends and family!
...moreLiterary events in and around NYC this week!
...moreRion Amilcar Scott discusses his new story collection, THE WORLD DOESN’T REQUIRE YOU.
...moreRumpus editors share forthcoming books they can’t wait to read!
...moreA selection of AWP 2019 panels, readings, and events that we are especially excited for!
...moreRumpus editors share for their favorite writing that speaks to black history past, present, and future.
...moreInes P. Rivera Prosdocimi discusses her debut poetry collection, LOVE LETTER TO AN AFTERLIFE.
...moreA selection of AWP 2018 panels, readings, and events that we are especially excited for!
...moreRion Amilcar Scott discusses his story collection Insurrections, father relationships, hip-hop, knowing when to abandon a project, and choosing not to workshop certain stories.
...moreSaturday 1/7: Greenlight Bookstore celebrates the grand opening of the store’s second location in Prospect Lefferts Gardens. 632 Flatbush Avenue, 7:30 p.m., free. Camonghne Felix and José Olivarez join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 1/8: Nancy Hightower, Sarah Perry, Jeremy Freedman, and Linda Harris Dolan join the Sundays at Erv’s reading […]
...moreRion Amilcar Scott discusses his new collection Insurrections, creating a fictional town, and the pressure to make religious decisions during puberty.
...moreRion Amilcar Scott’s debut collection Insurrections—our July Rumpus Book Club pick—comes out from University Press of Kentucky on Tuesday and is a timely and vital look into the daily struggles of individuals in the mostly black community of Cross River, Maryland, a fictional town that was founded by slaves in 1807 after a successful revolt. (Read more […]
...moreJuly is almost upon us, and it’s time for an update on our Book Club and Poetry Book Club. There are no other book clubs that offers what ours do: books before they’ve been released to the public, a vibrant online community to discuss them with, and a chance to chat online with the author at […]
...moreLate the next night a noise roused me from my sleep—wailing and cursing and then banging, more banging than ever, both fists full-force against the plaster. Filtered through the sleep haze, I couldn’t make sense of the commotion. Rion Amilcar Scott has a new short story out, “Night of the Living,” part of Entropy magazine’s “Of […]
...morebecause I want to not cry because I actually hate crying because none of my tears can offer resurrection none of my poems can offer resurrection none of my image searches can offer resurrection and I want us to stay alive Khadijah Queen and eleven other young writers of color—Roger Reeves, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Rion Amilcar […]
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