Sing Unburied Sing
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What to Read When You’re a PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize Winner
The 2019 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize winners share books that have inspired them!
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Black History
Rumpus editors share for their favorite writing that speaks to black history past, present, and future.
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Seeking Truth: A Conversation with Ruth Baumann
Ruth Baumann discusses her debut poetry collection, PARSE.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Meghan Flaherty
Meghan Flaherty discusses her debut memoir, Tango Lessons, how the book found its current format, and writing a memoir at a young age.
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What to Read When: A Holiday Book-Gifting Guide
Rumpus editors share their favorite books to gift to friends and family, from recent 2017 releases to longtime literary loves.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Jon McGregor
Jon McGregor discusses his newest novel, Reservoir 13, his writing process, and why he chose not to sidestep the “missing girl” trope.
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Ward’s Mississippi Is Our Mississippi: Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Capturing the Delta in harrowing detail, Ward takes readers on a journey from her own home of the Gulf Coast to the Mississippi State Penitentiary.
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What to Read When You Need Some Good News
Take a quick break from the apocalyptic news and end your week with this list of books to eagerly anticipate (assuming the world doesn’t end) instead!
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This Week in Short Fiction
This week, Oxford American has a stand-alone excerpt from Jesmyn Ward’s Sing, Unburied, Sing, her first novel since 2011’s National Book Award-winning Salvage the Bones. The excerpt, titled “Flayed,” follows a boy named Jojo in the rural Mississippi Gulf Coast…
