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The September Rumpus Book Club Selection: "The Odyssey" with Emily Wilson
1+ week, 5+ day ago (222+ words) The Rumpus The September Rumpus Book Club Selection: “The Odyssey” with Emily Wilson Written in iambic pentameter verse, Emily Wilson’s Odyssey is a lean, fleet-footed translation that recaptures Homer’s “nimble gallop” and brings an ancient epic to new life. The…...
Private Scaffolding, Public Stories: A Conversation with Julie Buntin
2+ week, 4+ day ago (987+ words) © 2026, The Rumpus. “The literary world” is a phrase I’ve heard spoken too many times to count—and it’s a world I’ve been immersed in for all of my adult life. But never has that world been so thoughtfully dissected as…...
Intergenerational Graphic Novel
2+ week, 5+ day ago (140+ words) The Rumpus i feel as if i could write an intergenerational graphic novel. something something about how my father came to the u.s. and didn’t see his family for 9 years (2 for the green card, 5 for the citizenship test, 2 for the sponsorship…...
Girl on Girl (Week Three): Lust Without Equity Is Desperation, Regardless of the Story We Tell Ourselves
3+ week, 3+ day ago (866+ words) I have procrastinated this response because I know I will be twisting myself into knots to avoid my own hypocrisy, so I am going to attempt to interrogate my reaction to your date with enough self-awareness to admit that your…...
The Space We Make for Each Other
3+ week, 5+ day ago (100+ words) Allison Cole is a Rhode Island–based illustrator, educator, and visual storyteller whose work brings together playfulness and purpose. With more than twenty years of experience, her practice spans brand collaborations, surface design, narrative illustration, and sequential art. She teaches…...
The Dream State of Metafiction & Wild Freedom of Short Stories: An Interview with Jess Row
3+ week, 5+ day ago (574+ words) I spoke with Row about metafiction, Buddhism, and the wildness of short stories over Zoom. The Rumpus: Storyknife brings together stories written over a period of almost two decades. At what point did you realize that these stories belonged together,…...