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Just a brief intro this week, folks . . . A lot of the team is at AWP Seattle this week and feeling overwhelmed and inspired by all the good work people are doing in the literary community! Even if you aren't at AWP this year (or haven't made it by the booth yet!), we're extending our SPECIAL conference DISCOUNT. Use code AWP23 today through TOMORROW/Saturday ONLY for 40% off all Rumpus store merch (excluding subscriptions and membership). Stock up on those mugs while you can!

New on THE RUMPUS

Originals

"All This Will Be Underwater" by Erin Gravley:
"I loved Hanna so much it felt like an agony. I knew I was letting her down."

"The Last Book I Loved" by Kasey Jueds:
"I’d never met these particular poems before but immediately felt, Oh, I’ve missed you."

ENOUGH: Three Poems by Tenika Stallings:
"A punch, kick, and a smack to the face / These are just a few of the acts my mind can’t erase..."

Interviews & Reviews

Michael Wiegers, poetry as community (an interview)
Vartika Rastog reviews Kathryn Scanlan’s Kick The Latch
De’Shawn Charles Winslow, rest and returning home (an interview)
D.S. Waldman reviews Gabrielle Bates' Judas Goat

Calls for Submissions

Closing soon: Comics and fiction submissions are open through mid-March.

We are open for Funny Women and Reviews submissions year-round.

(Reminder, annual Rumpus Members can submit their work in any genre all year long.)

Support The Rumpus's 2nd annual Poetry Month fundraiser!

Celebrate poetry and proclaim your love for The Rumpus year-round. All profits go towards keeping our independent lit magazine afloat. When you order during the month of March 2023, 50% of profits go into the April contributor pool. During National Poetry Month we publish original poetry every day and have twice the number of contributors to pay compared to other months of the year.

Multiple colors and sizes available in both t-shirts & sweatshirts. With and without cats!

Illustrations and design by Petra Lee and Noah Lawrence-Holder. Commissioned specifically for The Rumpus. Check out both of their work!

READ MORE POEMS with CATS!

READ MORE POEMS without CATS

Rumpus April Book Club Picks

Every month subscribers receive a book in the mail handpicked by The Rumpus staff. Now through March 15, you can sign up for our April Book Club pick Allegra Hyde's The Last Catastropheand/or our Poetry Book Club pick Katie Farris' Standing in the Forest of Being Alive.

As a subscriber, you'll also be invited to an exclusive online video discussion with the book's author + a Rumpus Editor. 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.

We're also trying something new this season! For our April Poetry Book Club pick, the book's Editor, Carey Salerno, will join in to offer insights about how the book came together with Alice James Books. We'll be inviting editors and others who were important in a book's publication process to offer our our subscribers some added insights into how books come together!

"Why Write Love Poetry in a Burning World" excerpted from Standing In The Forest of Being Alive by Katie Farris: "To train myself to find in the midst of hell / what isn’t hell."

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JOIN THE POETRY BOOK CLUB

Letters in the Mail (from authors!)

Make your mailbox fun! Letters in the Mail is a Rumpus subscription in which you receive an actual, postmarked letter from one of your favorite writers in your IRL mailbox twice a month.

Coming up for adults!
March 15: Idra Novey (read her bio and a short quote from her letter in the graphic above)
April 1: Erica Berry

Coming up for Kids!
March 15: Anya Josephs
April 1: Sonja Thomas **Last regular Kids letter

*IMPORTANT UPDATE: after April 1, we will no longer be commissioning new Letters for Kids on a regular basis. This program has been wonderful for so many young readers, but the subscriber count and interest has been low for several years. This is also the magazine's only program that is not geared toward adults, so it's been a tough fit. We'll notify existing subscribers and cancel any recurring billing shortly. Thank you so much for the folks who have supported this program in the past and we hope you'll consider joining us as Letters for adult subscribers in the future.

SUBSCRIBE to Letters from Authors

RUMPUS EVENTS

Friday, March 10 @ 7:30 PM:
Join Coffee House Press, Feminist Press, and The Rumpus for an evening of readings, drinks, and community fun! Sliding scale price includes open wine bar.

Featuring readings by . . .

Courtney Faye Taylor (author of CONCENTRATE *our Dec. Poetry Book Club pick!)

Eleni Sikelianos (author of YOUR KINGDOM, WHAT I KNEW, MAKE YOURSELF HAPPY)

Joe Vallese (editor of IT CAME FROM THE CLOSET)

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo (author of CHILDREN OF THE LAND, CENZONTLE, DULCE)

Tom Comitta (author of THE NATURE BOOK, 〇, AIRPORT NOVELLA)

YZ Chin (author of THE AGE OF GOODBYES, EDGE CASE, THOUGH I GET HOME)

Reader Support Keeps The Rumpus Going!

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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