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Publisher's note. Asheville, NC orgs to support in the thread below.
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We’re not certain about details yet, but The Rumpus has considered hosting online workshops (likely sooner than expected w/ the recent news). If you taught w/ Catapult & might be interested in working w/ us, email your info to hello
@therumpus
! We’ll update you as things progress!
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The Rumpus welcomes our new Editor-in-Chief, Aram Mrjoian (
@AMrjoian
) on Sept. 1. Read the full announcement here:
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Dear Twitter, we have Big News 📢📢 Delighted to announce exciting changes at The Rumpus including new owner
@alysonsinclair
and new EiC
@happiestwerther
❣️❣️ all gratitude and joy to
@marisasaystweet
as she joins NorthwesternUP 📚📚 more details here:
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In a stunning new essay,
@lyzl
reckons with how to be a writer when everything seems hopeless.
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"Will you be / my death, breast? / I had asked you / in jest and in response / you hardened—a test / of my resolve?"
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FACT CHECK: Donald Trump was telling the truth when he said no one wants to call Sean Hannity
#debatenight
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"How are we making it through while everything crumbles around us? Books."
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Again, the world feels like too much, and yet,
(poem Langston Hughes)
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Parallel Practice is a new monthly column at The Rumpus edited by
@ajshults
!
We are looking for essays on the things we do that are not writing but that inform and illuminate how we create.
Guidelines:
#callforsubmissions
#ParallelPractice
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Camille T. Dungy wrote a poem in the wake of George H. W. Bush's funeral, and we urge you to spend time with it this weekend.
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Is there a recently published or forthcoming book that you can't stop thinking about?
We're open for prose book reviews all year long! (cc our new prose review editor
@_michaelbarron
.)
➡️
#submityourwork
#callforsubmissions
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Is there a recently published or forthcoming book that you can't stop thinking about? Call for prose book reviews for The Rumpus (cc- our prose reviews editor
@ChelseaLeu
).
➡️
#submityourwork
#callforsubmissions
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This October, we're exploring the theme, "On Monsters." Send us your essays exploring and subverting monstrosity through 8/31!
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Parallel Practice is a new monthly column at The Rumpus edited by
@ajshults
!
We are looking for essays on the things we do that are not writing but that inform and illuminate how we create.
Guidelines:
#callforsubmissions
#ParallelPractice
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"if he writers her a few sonnets, he loves her. if he writes her 300 sonnets, he loves sonnets."
— a thing i saw on IG
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It's been a long year. We've put together a list of books to help center you and to offer new perspectives.
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We are deeply grateful to Camille T. Dungy for letting us be a home for this important new poem.
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Is there a recently published or forthcoming book that you can't stop thinking about?
We're open for prose book reviews all year long! (cc our new prose review editor
@_michaelbarron
.)
➡️
#submityourwork
#callforsubmissions
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Welcome to The Rumpus matriarchy!
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The Rumpus is open for
#Essay
submissions until August 2!
Check out
@RobbieMaakestad
's thread for some of our editors' favorite
#RumpusEssays
😍
See guidelines:
#callforsubmissions
#submityourwork
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What to Read When 2018 Is Just Around the Corner
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I've had a lot of bad experiences too. This debate is a pretty bad experience.
#debatenight
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"She's been dead for three years but it is still her truck."
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Rumpus editors share list of books we're eagerly anticipating that release in the first half of 2021. Here’s to a happy New Year!
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It's time to Brag Your Byline! Share your recent publications with us!
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Before I sign off for the night, I just want to be clear: I fucking hate you so much
@realDonaldTrump
#debate
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Interested in volunteering with The Rumpus? Applications are now open for a Volunteer Poetry Editor!
If you're interested in joining our team, learn more about the position and apply below! We're accepting applications from July 18-22.
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Brag your byline! Have a short piece you’ve recently gotten published? Share it with us!
#TheRumpusAsks
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Is there a recently published or forthcoming book that you can't stop thinking about?
We're open for prose book reviews all year long! (cc our new prose review editor
@_michaelbarron
.)
➡️
#submityourwork
#callforsubmissions
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This May, The Rumpus will be exploring the theme of “Mothering outside the Margins,” and we want your real-life, in the trenches essays about everything we never talk about when we talk about mothers.
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Rumpus editors share new and forthcoming collections from poets we love and admire that we’re especially excited about!
#NationalPoetryMonth
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Our EIC
@marisasaystweet
on our founder's decision to sue the creator of the Shitty Media Men list, and why we are fiercely opposed to it.
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In "On Becoming a Person of Color,"
@rachelhengqp
contemplates race, privilege, and how both have shaped her life experiences.
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Come for all of us, Katie Roiphe. In case you haven't heard, we've had enough.
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"The limits of our stories are the limits of our lives. Our words should open up the world, not close it off."
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Meet the Rumpus Advisory Board! We are thrilled, humbled, and honored to work with each of them.
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In a powerful new piece,
@marisabcrane
tackles censorship, selective activism, allyship, and more—and includes an erasure poem, too.
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Meet our Rumpus Advisory Board:
@mkimarnold
,
@melissafebos
,
@rgay
,
@kima_jones
,
@pronounced_ing
, and
@clairevaye
!
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Rumpus editors share list of books we're eagerly anticipating that release in the first half of 2020. Here’s to a happy New Year!
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We are THRILLED to announce that
@bardsbesidebars
is coming aboard as a Poetry Editor at The Rumpus!
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It's time for the big REVEAL: our first major redesign since the magazine launched in 2009.
With a special thanks to
@CLMPorg
and the 258 readers who supported our fundraiser this summer. We hope you like our new look!
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Is there a recently published or forthcoming book that you can't stop thinking about?
We're open for prose book reviews all year long! (cc our new prose review editor
@_michaelbarron
.)
➡️
#submityourwork
#callforsubmissions
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Pamilerin Jacob
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We've made it halfway through another year! So, we asked our editors which still-forthcoming 2021 titles they're especially looking forward to.
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The Rumpus welcomes our new Managing Editor, Stephanie Trott!
@sc_trott
is a writer & editor based in Massachusetts. She recently served as EiC of
@longleafreview
, & her work has appeared in
@TheSchooner
,
@TheBoiler_
, & more. She'll keep us on a smooth publishing schedule!
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For the first time ever, we're holding reading periods for unsolicited poetry!
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Today is exactly the right time to talk about gun control, and the harm we’ve caused by not implementing it.
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"Li-Young Lee is a poet who addresses our highest and lowest impulses, finding love and connection in all of experience."
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The Rumpus turns 13 🎂 this year and we NEED your support. Today we're launching our 1st ever Membership program. Help us get to our 1st goal of 500 Members by the end up June!
Less angst, more action:
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In a new
#VoicesonAddiction
,
@MsKristinCasey
talks with
@KarmenKarma
about her debut memoir, OVERCOME.
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Fixed it. We're only a
@Bookshop_Org
affiliate now.
As a reminder, any books you buy through our store's affiliate links support both the Rumpus and indie bookstores.
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Is there a recently published or forthcoming book that you can't stop thinking about?
We're open for prose book reviews all year long! (cc our new prose review editor
@_michaelbarron
.)
➡️
#submityourwork
#callforsubmissions
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This has been
@AvantGarcia
, your resident livetweeter. Here's a pic of my dog if you need a palate cleanser. Good night.
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A new spotlight comic! A piece by Kathryn Collins &
@Schnumn
about the work it takes for "a better tomorrow"
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FACT CHECK: Donald Trump was lying when he said Hillary's happiness was important to him.
#debatenight
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YES, we're ANGRY. The Rumpus is indie & barely breaks even, but fuck it, we're donating 50% of the profits from any Rumpus store sales from now until Sun. to local abortion funds. Here in the Carolinas, that's
@CarolinaAbtnFnd
. See y'all in the streets.
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The Rumpus needs YOUR SUPPORT TODAY! We need to raise $10,000 by JUNE 14, so we can redesign our online magazine this summer. It's running off an outdated glitchy template and the emergency fixes are adding up. Help us build a better Rumpus!
Give now at
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Hello. As you may know, we at The Rumpus despise the racist, misogynistic bigot Donald Trump and his followers.
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It's Brag Your Byline time! Share your recently published work in the comments!
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