Interviews & Reviews
Stephanie Foo interviewed.
"I was writing something edgy and dangerous, saying, 'Actually, I’m not grateful. This wasn’t unacceptable. This was abuse.' We need to talk about abuse."
Richard Cho reviews Javier MarĂas’s Tomás Nevinson.
"[Tomás Nevinson] is an espionage novel, which employs MarĂas’s signature style: digressive reflections, allusion to diverse literary works, and philosophical musings."
Gina Chung, the presence in absences (an interview).
"A person’s absence, once they’re no longer in our lives, can almost become stronger than their presence was back when they were around. There’s a kind of danger in that . . ." |
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Originals & Columns
"Speaking to Men at Parties" by Emilia Copeland Titus:
"I spend the next two years moving farther away from my body. I try to date casually and discover that I am perhaps incurably afraid of intimacy."
"Fantasyland" by Scott Fenton:
"The spotlight belongs on Portia Control. For tonight’s final number, she takes the stage wearing the highest hair in recorded history."
Voices on Addiction: "Anchor Point" by Kelly Coughlin:
"The first step I took toward sobriety was accepting that the fire had been there for a long time, quietly burning my life down." |
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We asked Rumpus editors to share the titles forthcoming between now and the year’s end that they are most eagerly anticipating. These books transport us to different worlds, give us glimpses into lives we might never otherwise know, share new perspectives to consider, and offer us respite from reality. |
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Every month subscribers receive a book in the mail handpicked by The Rumpus staff.Now through midnight on JULY 15, you can sign up for our August Poetry Book Club pick I Done Clicked my Heels Three Times by Dr. Taylor Byas.
As a subscriber, we'll send you a copy of this book the first week of August and you'll also be invited to an exclusive online video discussion with the book's author + a Rumpus Editor and fellow book club members. Subscribers are encouraged to join in the chat with their questions before and during the conversations. These will take place on the Rumpus' Crowdcast channel and will remain available to subscribers for 1 month after they take place.
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| Letters in the Mail (from authors!) |
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Letters in the Mail from authors is a Rumpus subscription in which you receive an actual, postmarked letter from one of our favorite writers in your IRL mailbox twice a month. All letters are non-promotional, include a creative prompt, and have a return mailing address in case you'd like to write the author back!
Up next, author letters from . . .
July 1: Abigail Thomas and Beth Kephart (subscribe by June 30)
July 15: Eugenia Leigh (subscribe by July 14) |
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| Parallel Practice, a new monthly column at The Rumpus, is edited by our very own Anna Held. We are open for Funny Women and Book Reviews submissions year-round.
Kitchen Table Literary Arts x The Rumpus Voices on Addiction: call for submissions closes TODAY, June 30th (see submission details below!)
Poetry open reading period: We're opening up Submittable for original poetry TOMORROW, July 1-14 OR until we reach 500 submissions---whichever comes first. We're capping submissions in order to allow our volunteer readers and editors to respond in a timely manner. Please note, in the past, we've regularly received 500-1,000+ submissions during a 2 week open reading period. Submit early if you'd like to be considered during this round.
(Reminder, annual Rumpus Members can submit their work in any genre all year long.) | | |
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| Rumpus Recommended Events |
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Register for the 2023 Kweli International Literary Festival here!
The hybrid festival will feature virtual readings and conversations with debut and award-winning BIPOC writers, master classes, craft talks, and much more, as well as the year’s best opportunity to connect with agents, editors, and fellow creatives of color at our in-person Festival Inaugural Day. |
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Reader Support Keeps The Rumpus Going! |
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| Founded in 2009 in San Francisco, CA and now based in Asheville, NC with readers and editors all over the US and abroad, The Rumpusis one of the longest-running independent online literary and culture magazines. Our mostly volunteer-run magazine strives to be a platform for risk-taking voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere. We lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers readers already know and love. Often, we are an emerging writer's first notable publication, which is something we’re really proud of. We believe that literature builds community—and if reading The Rumpus makes you feel more connected, please show your support! Our Membership and subscription programs along with tax-deductible donations made to The Rumpus through our fiscal sponsor, Fractured Atlas, help keep us going and brings us closer to sustainability. |
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