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We Are Never Meeting in Real Life

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Laughing through Life: A Conversation with Samantha Irby

  • Haley Sherif
  • April 6, 2020
Samantha Irby discusses her new essay collection, WOW, NO THANK YOU.
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Next Letter in the Mail: Samantha Irby

  • The Rumpus
  • December 4, 2018
Our next Letter in the Mail is from Samantha Irby!
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What to Read When: A Holiday Book-Gifting Guide

  • The Rumpus
  • November 23, 2018
Rumpus editors share their favorite books to gift to friends and family!
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What to Read When Beach Weather Arrives

  • The Rumpus
  • June 1, 2018
Rumpus editors suggest some of their favorite summertime reads!
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Melissa Broder

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • May 16, 2018
Melissa Broder discusses her debut novel, The Pisces (Hogarth, May 2018), the importance of love between women, and mermaid sex.
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What to Read When You Want to Read Funny Women

  • The Rumpus
  • May 4, 2018
Sometimes the truth hurts. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have to hear it, and all the better if we can couch those painful truths amid laughter.
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What to Read When: A Holiday Book-Gifting Guide

  • The Rumpus
  • December 1, 2017
Rumpus editors share their favorite books to gift to friends and family, from recent 2017 releases to longtime literary loves.
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What to Read When You Are a Nasty Woman

  • The Rumpus
  • October 6, 2017
A list from Kate Harding and Samhita Mukhopadhyay to celebrate the release of Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America.
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What to Read When You’ve Made It More Than Halfway through 2017

  • The Rumpus
  • August 25, 2017
A list of Rumpus editors' favorite reads from 2017 thus far—books that have kept us sane, challenged us to work harder and think bigger, and kept us dreaming and hopeful.
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VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Samantha Irby

  • Deesha Philyaw
  • July 19, 2017
Samantha Irby discusses her new collection, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, her reluctance to call herself a writer, and writing for the “cream jeans” crowd.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Samantha Irby

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • June 21, 2017
Samantha Irby discusses her new essay collection, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, all that comes along with writing about your life, and reading great horror books.
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What We’re Reading in May!

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • April 17, 2017
We’re thrilled to share that our May Book Club pick is We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha Irby! Samantha is the author of Meaty: Essays and creator of the blog “bitches gotta eat.” The essays in We…
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