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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 20h
“It’s very much about the wish for more and for better, as well as about the faltering and footsteps along the way.”

@tiffanytroy.bsky.social interviews Kevin Young about Night Watch (@aaknopf.bsky.social).

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"Let there / be night, A conversation with Kevin Young by Tiffany Troy" written in white on the bottom right of Young's author photo. To the left of these words is the cover for Night Watch beneath the full Rumpus logo in white.
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 1d
"These books remake the old as not only a warning, but as a mode of collective power amidst the crises of our era."

"What to Read When It's Dangerous to Be a Girl" by @racheltaube.bsky.social. Featuring titles by @sallywenmao.bsky.social, @rebekahbergman.bsky.social and more.

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 2d
“I didn’t want to produce another tech dystopia. We’re living that; we’re familiar enough with it.”

@chelsvoulgares.bsky.social interviews Elaine Castillo about Moderation (@vikingbooks.bsky.social).

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"Labor and Trauma in the American Workplace: A Conversation with Elaine Castillo by Chelsea Voulgares" written in white at the bottom left of Castillo's author photo. To the right is the book cover for Moderation beneath the full Rumpus logo in white.
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Rose Metal Press @rosemetalpress.bsky.social · 3d
Tonight at 6:30 pm ET, RMP publisher & cofounder Abby Beckel will be on Instagram Live with @therumpus.net talking about RMP & small press publishing! Follow The Rumpus on Instagram & watch for the LIVE broadcast on the top ribbon, & join! See you there!
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 4d
“Anything feels possible—that this might go on forever, that something is broken beyond repair.”

From "Transubstantiations," a new original essay by Caitlin Hoerr.

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 5d
"As for my approach to writing comic fiction in general, the simple answer is that I try to make myself laugh."

@chayab77.bsky.social interviews Pulitzer Prize Finalist Ed Park on his Debut Short Story Collection, An Oral History of Atlantis (Random House).

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 7d
Up next on the Small Press Sunday roster is @rosemetalpress.bsky.social on Sunday, October 5! Join [email protected] and one of Rose Metal Press's cofounders Abigail Beckel at 3:30 PT / 6:30 ET to peek behind the curtain of one of your favorite small presses. See you there on Insta Live!
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 8d
“Women are so eager to hate their bodies.”

From “Be Clean, Be Loved,” a new original essay by Yasmine Ameli.

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 9d
“Blume’s clean, straight-forward prose—never indulgent, always sincere—still works like an emotional Swiss Army knife...”

From Books That Made Me Gay: “Summer Sisters” by Judy Blume, a new Rumpus original column by Tess McGeer.

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 10d
"Somehow, it was easier to fear an invisible, mythical being who was the source of all evil in the world, than to recognize the devil among us."

From the Rumpus original comic "Groomed By the Church: How The Clash Saved My Soul" by David Adey.

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The title and author name written in red at the top of the image. Below is a panel from the comic in black and white of four boys crowded around a record player and several lit candles. Two of the boys wear ACDC and The Clash T-Shirts. The only color in the grayscale image are the yellow lights of the candles and the red logo of the Clash on the T-shirt.
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 11d
“I admire this story for its deftness and compassion. It covers so much of the stuff of life: marriage, aging, love, desire—but never reductively, and always with deep understanding.”

Rumpus Prize fiction judge Rachel Khong on Josie Tolin’s story, “Fucking Illinois People.”

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"The Rumpus Prize: Fiction Honorable Mention, Josie Tolin" written in red and black bubble letters against a light blue background. The words are framed to the right and left by rippling rainbows of yellow, green, and red.
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 12d
“I saw myself from a distance, my fear reactions more sympathetic and understandable. EMDR tries to make the immeasurable measurable.”

From "Your Body is Everywhere," a new original essay by Jane Dykema.

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 19d
"Moore’s tales are transcendent in many ways—filled with wisdom, soul, and blues."

Teri Elam reviews Carrie R. Moore’s Make Your Way Home (@tinhouse.bsky.social).

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 20d
“Matty threw the porcelain as if he had had a normal childhood and knew how to throw a baseball.”

From "Porcelain," a new original essay by @alextretbar.bsky.social.

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 21d
"Our hands were made for so much more than scrolling."

From Rumpus original comic "Drawing Hands" by KC Councilor.

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A drawn comic square in black and white of two hands planting a newly sprouted plant in soil. To the right, more plants wait to enter the ground. Above this square is the title of the piece and the author's name written in red. In the bottom left is the Rumpus full logo in red above the words "Rumpus Original Comics."
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Greg Mania @gregmania.bsky.social · 23d
tomorrow! my next desk belongs to my dear friend @ilanaslightly.bsky.social 🤩❤️‍🔥join us live from @therumpus.net IG account at 6pm ET/3pm PT for another rollicking ride 🛸🛸🛸
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Robbie Maakestad @robbiemaakestad.bsky.social · 23d
WHAT'S BETTER THAN @therumpus.net OPENING FOR ESSAY SUBMISSIONS??? Well, a few things, tbh, but still....
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We have paused submissions for fiction, poetry and nonfiction, so we can catch up. We'll re-open for these categories on 9/15/2025.The Rumpus publishes original fiction, poetry, literary humor writing...
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 26d
“The allure of Todd and his cart has less to do with the quality of the water than the temperature it’s served. You’d be amazed at what a few ice cubes can do to make you feel almost human again.”

From "Waterline," a new original essay by BC Kim.

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 27d
“What, it asks, can an artist do to push her work through a hostile system and retain her vision?”

Celia Bell reviews Helen DeWitt’s Your Name Here (@deepvellum.bsky.social).

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The cited quote and information written in charcoal against a mosaic of white and light blue squares separated by black lines. In the upper lefthand corner is the book cover for Your Name Here. To the right of the cover is the full Rumpus logo in black.
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 28d
"Don’t let them tell you that you’re not worthy of life."

Charlotte Fleming interviews @vacharat.bsky.social about This Moth Saw Brightness (@duttonbooks.bsky.social for Young Readers).

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"Breaking the Fourth Wall: A Conversation with A.A. Vacharat by Charlotte Fleming" written in white at the bottom of Vacharat's grayscale author photo (depicting a black and white cat perched on Vacharat's shoulder, nibbling on her hat).To the right of these words is the book cover for This Moth Saw Brightness beneath the full Rumpus logo in white.
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · Sep 8
Greg Mania @gregmania.bsky.social is flooding your timeline again in our newest installment of Show Us Your Desk! Join Greg and his guest @ilanaslightly.bsky.social, author of Beings (@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social), on Tue., Sept. 16 at 6 pm ET / 3 pm PT. See you there!
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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · Sep 4
“Even she had been morphed in my mind into something ethereal: a woman unspoken of, shrouded in mystery and left in the darkness of untouched grief.”

From "White Tongue," an original essay by Riley-Grace Huggins.

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · Sep 1
“I’d inherited my father’s gods, just like I’d inherited his knobby knees and an allergy to shellfish.”

An excerpt from the novel First Time, Long Time (@grandcentralpub.bsky.social) by Amy Silverberg.

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · Aug 30
"I am interested in the gaze of female desire. I want that gaze to be complex and vital, because it is. I want it to deconstruct and disrupt."

@riggstah.bsky.social interviews Nini Berndt about There Are Reasons for This (@tinhouse.bsky.social).

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solsticemfa.bsky.social @solsticemfa.bsky.social · Aug 26
Congrats to our alum @bennysummerhill.bsky.social, whose essay “‘Tell Me When to Go’ Had Just Dropped and I Was from Oakland” won the inaugural @therumpus.net Prize for nonfiction! Check it out here:
The Rumpus Prize in Nonfiction, First Place: Daniel B. Summerhill - The Rumpus
A tight plot of land with poverty gripping the neck of its residents even tighter. The same way America held off on recognizing street gangs as an issue until blood was spilt outside of the hood in…
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