The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Lilly Dancyger By The Rumpus Book Club May 19th, 2021 Lilly Dancyger discusses her debut essay collection, NEGATIVE SPACE. ...more
What to Read When: Rumpus Staff Favorites 2020 By The Rumpus December 31st, 2020 The Rumpus editorial staff selects our favorite pieces from 2020! ...more
The Rumpus Top 20 of 2020 By The Rumpus December 29th, 2020 We share our twenty most-read pieces of 2020! ...more
C-Beams Glittering in the Dark: A Conversation with Cooper Lee Bombardier By Samantha Allen May 22nd, 2020 Cooper Lee Bombardier discusses his first book, PASS WITH CARE: MEMOIRS. ...more
What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Mothers By The Rumpus May 8th, 2020 Rumpus editors share a Mother’s Day reading list to celebrate mothers in all their complexity! ...more
What to Read When You’re Motherless and Mothering By Chelsea Bieker April 3rd, 2020 Chelsea Bieker shares a reading list to celebrate GODSHOT. ...more
Notable Portland: 3/5–3/11 By Emily Nelson March 5th, 2020 Literary events in and around Portland this week! ...more
This Week in Essays By Tamara Matthews February 26th, 2020 A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online! ...more
Voices on Addiction: We Love Our Sons, We Raise Our Daughters By Sophia Shalmiyev February 20th, 2020 Drunk women are targets. Drunk men can be anything. ...more
Notable Portland: 2/20–2/26 By Emily Nelson February 20th, 2020 Literary events in and around Portland this week! ...more
Get Your Signed Copy of Mother Winter Today! By The Rumpus February 17th, 2020 Through 2/29, get a signed copy of MOTHER WINTER by Sophia Shalmiyev! ...more
Next Letter in the Mail: Andrés Cerpa By The Rumpus February 13th, 2020 Our next Letter in the Mail is from Andrés Cerpa! ...more
Notable Portland: 2/6–2/12 By Emily Nelson February 6th, 2020 Literary events in and around Portland this week! ...more
Next Letter in the Mail: Sophia Shalmiyev By The Rumpus January 30th, 2020 Our next Letter in the Mail is from Sophia Shalmiyev, plus a signed giveaway! ...more
A Year in Rumpus Book Reviews By The Rumpus December 30th, 2019 A look back at the books we’ve reviewed in 2019! ...more
What to Read When: A Holiday Book-Gifting Guide By The Rumpus November 22nd, 2019 Rumpus editors share their favorite books to gift to friends and family! ...more
Notable Portland: 11/14–11/20 By Emily Nelson November 14th, 2019 Literary events in and around Portland this week! ...more
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Jeannie Vanasco By The Rumpus Book Club October 23rd, 2019 Jeannie Vanasco discusses her new memoir, THINGS WE DIDN’T TALK ABOUT WHEN I WAS A GIRL. ...more
Notable Portland: 10/17–10/23 By Emily Nelson October 17th, 2019 Literary events in and around Portland this week! ...more
Notable Portland: 9/26–10/2 By Emily Nelson September 26th, 2019 Literary events in and around Portland this week! ...more
What to Read When You Want to Be Inspired by What Language Can Do By Peg Alford Pursell June 28th, 2019 Peg Alford Pursell shares a reading list to celebrate her new story collection, A GIRL GOES INTO THE FOREST. ...more
Notable Portland: 5/30–6/5 By Olivia Olivia May 30th, 2019 Literary events in and around Portland this week! ...more
What to Read When You Want to Rethink Motherhood By The Rumpus May 10th, 2019 Rumpus editors share a Mother’s Day reading list to challenge traditional views of motherhood! ...more
Nurture Rupture: On Motherhood, Writing, and Gender Inequality By Sophia Shalmiyev May 7th, 2019 Do I have a public self that is separate from my private self? I’m not so certain about that. ...more
The Rumpus Guide to AWP 2019 By The Rumpus March 22nd, 2019 A selection of AWP 2019 panels, readings, and events that we are especially excited for! ...more
What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Women’s History By The Rumpus March 15th, 2019 Rumpus editors share their favorite writing that speaks to women’s history past, present, and future. ...more
Notable San Francisco: 3/13–3/19 By Nishant Batsha March 13th, 2019 Literary events in and around the Bay Area this week! ...more
The Thread: Down Girl By Marissa Korbel March 12th, 2019 Misogyny reminds us of our place: down girl. ...more
Notable Portland: 2/28–3/6 By Olivia Olivia February 28th, 2019 Literary events in and around Portland this week! ...more
Closing the Loop: Sophia Shalmiyev’s Mother Winter Reviewed By Margaret Malone February 27th, 2019 I am mother. I am child. I am mother. The overlapping, hard-won truth—victim either way, saved either way. ...more