Interviews & Reviews
Jesse Lee Kercheval, a time to speak directly (an interview).
"I think a lot about that. The things you don’t say in families, the things you don’t ask, or why you don’t. It’s different from family to family. Someone else will tell me what the no-go’s in their family are and it’ll seem very strange to me. In this book, I wanted to explore what’s unsaid. Poetry is someplace you can do that because generally speaking, even if your parents are alive or the aunt who comes to Christmas, they’re not going to read it if it’s in a poem."
Samantha Leach, deconstructing the "troubled teen industry" (an interview).
"There was just something about Elissa that was bolder. She was so much more external than I was, and I think that was really what slotted her into the Paris and me into the Nicole. There was a willingness to go there more so. She was the catalyst. Seeing these women like Paris and Kim, I talk about their sex tapes as these bold actions that felt like shortcuts to fame. There was a daringness, a willingness to do these things to get the attention that made her part of their ilk, whereas my fascination but lack of boldness made me a little bit more of an observer and the best friend role." |
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Originals & Columns
We Are More: "Wanting to Want: Romance and Sports Anime" by Summer Farah:
"To have passion for something and to have passion for someone could be inextricably tied together, and the story is better for it."
"Pink and Lilac" by Molly Dektar:
"I asked him if he was happy about the wedding, but he didn’t answer.
Comics: "French Kissing" by EG Shields:
"A year teaching English in France was supposed to be the opportunity of a lifetime." |
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Last year (or was it two years ago?), our editors put together a “CRT Gay Anarcho-Liberal Agenda Reading List” on Bookshop. The title was meant to be a joke, and yet each year it’s easier to buy rainbow necklaces in June but harder (or impossible) for trans people to receive adequate medical care. Not to be all, Anyway, here’s “Wonderwall,” but I do sometimes need reminding of the ways that queerness has always existed and will continue to exist, and our jobs as editors is sometimes to make reading lists even when it seems like a sputtering match during a new moon night. |
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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 - MA, MA, PHD.
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.
**Due to consistently low numbers, we've ended our prose Book Club program. Our last pick was for June 2023. Those subscribers were contacted in advance, will receive their last book, and are invited to join the June author conversation as usual. All their recurring payments were discontinued. If you want to see these sorts of programs continue, they are a LOT of work, so we need readers to join and tell their friends!*
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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
July 15: Eugenia Leigh |
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Calls for Submissions
Kitchen Table Literary Arts x The Rumpus
Voices on Addiction:
Open May 1st - June 30th.
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.
(Reminder, annual Rumpus Members can submit their work in any genre all year long.) |
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The Rumpus is getting a redesign! |
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| Thanks to all who supported and made our June 1-14 crowdfunding campaign successful. We now have a contract signed with a trusted web designer and should be on track to relaunch by the fall! We are grateful to all who contributed to help us build a better Rumpus. |
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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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