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Dearest Readers,
I am writing this from my new living room in Asheville, North Carolina. My house is in complete disarray. I have to hire new movers to move furniture that the previous movers put in places where I cannot retrieve them. I have to buy a washing machine, which I have been saying, I'll do that today, for at least a week now, but when confronted by the stunning amount of choice (I do not want wifi in my goddamn washing machine) and the price tag of a washing machine I just do something else instead, because there is so much to do.
And yet!
My house is gorgeous, and there seem to be fruit trees everywhere I look. There are blueberries and pears growing outside my office on campus. When I drive to work, I can see mountain ranges that people travel across the country to visit. My family has (finally) recovered from COVID. It is sometimes hard for me to look past the cardboard boxes and the to-do list(s), but I am trying.
I hope you are also finding some space for yourself.
Until next time,
AS
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Essays! Essays! Essays!From Jen Shin in Voices On Addiction, "Another Thing to Chase"From Rumpus staff Liz Declan, "Finding Forgiveness in Co-parenting"From Jill Christman's forthcoming collection, If This Were Fiction (!!!), "Lucky Ones"A reading list of Eastern European mythologies
Interviews withthe creators of Penknife, a podcast about true crimes committed by writersthe Rumpus' own Ian McAllen, author of Red Sauce
Kali Fajardo-Anstine, the author of the beloved Sabrina and Corina and now Woman of Lightthe author of Khabaar, Madhushree Ghosh, whose book won over the interviewer despite its cover
Hilarious animal headlines
A short story about a short story
Three poems by Joy Katz in a series, "Birthmother Miss" |
From the interviews team:
Call for pitches! We are looking to feature an interview as part of our Disability in Education focus this September. Do you know someone who has worked in this space and/or written on this topic? If so, please send us a pitch to interviews@therumpus.net.
We are also open for fiction submissions until September 1.
Reminder, annual Rumpus Members can submit their work in any genre all year long.
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Letters in the Mail (from authors)
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Next month's picks are Hysterical by (our very own) Elissa Bassist for our (prose) Book Club—new subscribers get a free motherfucker mug this month (last day to get this deal is Aug. 15th) because yes she did write like one—and Chen Chen's Your Emergency Contact has Experienced an Emergency for our Poetry Book Club selection. If you're not already a subscriber, join by midnight August 15 to receive either or BOTH!
As a subscriber, you'll also be invited to an exclusive online discussion with the book's author the last week of every month and we'll send you a pass code to join. These will take place on the brand new Rumpus Crowdcast channel and will remain available to members for 1 month after they take place in case you miss the live event or you'd like to re-watch the conversation later.
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For this September (prose) Book Club, we're doing something unprecedented in the history of Rumpus Book Club events . . . our Crowdcast event will be streaming from an IRL meeting, to which PROSE CLUB MEMBERS ARE INVITED.
YES! YOU READ THAT RIGHT! A BOOK CLUB MEETING! IN PERSON in NYC!!!!
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Speaking of in-person events, our July Sapphic Summer installation was amazing, and there's another one coming up later this month ft. Andrea Abi-Karam, Bishakh Som, Maura M. McDanel, and Megan Milks. Thursday, August 18 @ 7pm at McNally Jackson Books Seaport. Yes, there is a bar! RSVP here!
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