| This Week from The Rumpus |
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| Disorient your body in a new Essay by Mike Nagel. Commit heresies in a new Interview with Gabriela Denise Frank and Alina Ștefǎnescu. From the Archives: become the fantasy in a short story by Scott Fenton. From the Archives: stand in the poetry deluge with Anna Maria Hong. From the Archives: write and rewrite with Julie Marie Wade and Julie Iromuanya. New Letters in the Mail from Debbie Urbanski. |
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Essays & Columns
“It wasn’t until I was falling asleep later that night that I wondered: If there hadn’t been a blood clot, what had they removed?”
Rumpus Original Essay: "Orientation" by Mike Nagel
“Tonight, she is the fantasy, rhinestoned to death in her thrift store dress. No one can tell her otherwise.”
Rumpus Original Fiction: "Fantasyland" by Scott Fenton
“It is possible that the deluge will / equal the drought. It is possible to red-line a rout.”
Rumpus Original Poetry: "Irritation Odes" by Anna Maria Hong |
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Interviews & Reviews
“Heresies are dreamy, to me. They nudge us to think, to imagine, to forsake the given scripts and safety associated with conforming to received beliefs and conventions.”
Gabriela Denise Frank interviews Alina Ștefănescu about My Heresies
“That’s the greatest challenge of the writing life...Doing it again and again until it’s just right, despite the world going on without you.”
Julie Marie Wade interviews Julie Iromuanya about Mr. and Mrs. Doctor
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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!
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August 1: Debbie Urbanski’s writing focuses on the intersections of horror, fantasy, science fiction, memoir, and/or the planet. Her climate AI novel After World was named a best book of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle, Engadget, Strange Horizons, Booklist, and the Los Angeles Times. Urbanski’s collection of stories Portalmania was published by S&S in May 2025. Her writing has also been named a notable essay or distinguished story in Best American Science and Nature Writing; Best American Short Stories; Best American Essays (twice); Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (four times); and Best American Mystery Stories. One of her stories has also been a Pushcart Prize special mention. Subscribe by July 31.
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(Reminder, annual Rumpus Members can submit their work in any genre all year long.) |
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