The final countdown begins! Only 7 days left to JOIN during our 1st ever Rumpus Member Drive! We're now at 190 members, 38% of our June goal of 500. 

Why 500 Members? Because ongoing support from that # of readers helps pays our ongoing bills and provides us with a stable foundation to build on. There's no millionaire owner or big company behind The Rumpus. And running a literary website costs money---especially a site designed 13 years ago that needs constant patches and upgrades (y'all want to continue to access thousands of poems, author interviews, original fiction, the Dear Sugar archive, and more without a paywall, right?). Now's the time to step up and join as a monthly or yearly member!