We're taking a much-needed holiday break this week at the magazine, but we have some special deals to offer our readers! Scroll down to RSVPto our upcoming event on Sept. 9 and check out our limited-time 50% off sale on all mugs (now through Sunday, September 1).
We'll be back with original fiction, poetry, essays, comics, interviews, book reviews, and more after Labor Day. In the meantime, happy reading and resting! |
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| JOIN US for our next virtual event:
September 9, 8pm EST / 5pm PST |
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 | Join us Monday, September 9 at 8 pm EST/5 pm PST for a conversation and audience Q&A with writers Megan Giddings (The Women Could Fly), Sierra Greer (Annie Bot), Gabrielle Korn (Yours For the Taking), and Katie Williams (My Murder). This event is hosted by Reema Zaman and presented by The Rumpus.
These four authors will discuss their dystopian novels that explore power, the female body, our rapidly changing world of technology, its impact on intimate relationships, and more.
Suggested donation of $20. Pay what you can, no one turned away due to lack of funds. All proceeds after processing fees will help keep The Rumpus going. As an independent volunteer-run lit and culture magazine. *This event will be recorded, so you can watch (or re-watch) it later if you'd like. |
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ABOUT the AUTHORS
Megan Giddingsis an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota. Her novel, Lakewood, was published byAmistad in 2020. It was one of New York Magazine’s 10 best books of 2020, one of NPR’s best books of 2020, a Michigan Notable book for 2021, was a nominee for two NAACP Image Awards, and a finalist for a 2020 LA Times Book Prize in The Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction category. Her second novel, The Women Could Fly (Amistad 2022), was named one of The Washington Post’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy novels of 2022, one of Vulture’s Best Fantasy books of 2022, and was a New York Times Editors’ Choice. Her work has received support from the Barbara Deming Foundation and Hedgebrook. She lives in Minneapolis
Sierra Greer grew up in Minnesota before attending Williams College and Johns Hopkins University. A former high school English teacher, she writes about the future from her home in rural Connecticut.
Gabrielle Korn is the author of the essay collection Everybody (Else) Is Perfect, the queer dystopian novel Yours for the Taking, and its forthcoming sequel, The Shutouts (coming December 3 from St. Martin's Press). She's the former Editor-in-Chief of Nylon, and her writing can be found in Literary Hub, The Millions, Oprah Magazine, Instyle, Domino, Refinery29, and more, as well as the recent anthology Sluts, edited by Michelle Tea. Originally from New York, she now lives in Los Angeles with her wife, and together they run The Pink Door artist and writer residency.
Katie Williams is the author of the novels My Murder and Tell the Machine Goodnight and the young adult novels Absent and The Space Between Trees. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Best American Fantasy, American Short Fiction, Prairie Schooner, Subtropics, and elsewhere. Katie is an assistant professor in fiction writing at Emerson College in Boston.
ABOUT the MODERATOR/HOST
Reema Zaman is a writer, speaker, and book coach. She is the author of the memoir I Am Yours and the forthcoming dystopian novel Merge. Her essays have been published in The Rumpus, Vogue, The Guardian, Salon, and several others. She is the creator of The Memoir Incubator, a member of The Rumpus's capacity-building board, and was an Oregon Literary Arts Fellow in 2018. In her ten years (and counting!) of being a professional writer, what she loves most is creating authentic, lasting relationships with her readers and fellow authors, and she is devoted to amplifying underrepresented voices and stories. Born in Bangladesh and raised in Thailand, she now lives in Los Angeles, CA with her chihuahua-daughter, Fia the Fierce. |
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| End of Summer FLASH Sale!
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We recently launched a new Rumpus offering: The Writer's Welcome Kit, a 5-week asynchronous online course to establish your regular writing practice. This course was created by author and writing coach Paulette Perhach specifically for writers who are looking for a starting point as they begin to practice their craft in an intentional way. *Perhach's book, Welcome to the Writer's Life, was published in 2018 by Sasquatch Books / Penguin Random House and was selected as one of Poets & Writers' Best Books for Writers.
If you're a beginning writer in any genre who would like guidance on establishing a dedicated writing practice OR any writer who wants to commit to an intentional routine, this course was built for you.
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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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