speaking this into the universe in the wild hopes it’ll come true: pls, whomever/whatever is above, pls let someone reasonable buy #TheWashingtonPost after besoz writes it off via bankruptcy. PLEASE give america another chance at meaningful democracy—though she most certainly does not deserve it.

the worst part of getting older is how it messes with yr sleep. that’s the only part of being 18 that i yearn to relive 😩 #aging #ElderMillenial

if yr american & u enjoyed ‘heated rivalry’ then repeat after me: “thank you, canada” louder. say it with yr whole chest. #oncemorewithfeeling #canadasky #heatedrivalry #hockey #lgbt

girl dinner

police departments tryna kiki it up on socials is highkey cringe. hella ohio. negative aura, no points. it’s giving ew & ick. am i rite, fam? #skibidi #rizz #ohio #genalpha #genz #policesky

outside rn is the brickiest brick to ever brick the great city of new york in all the bricks of brick to ever brick. holy hell. 🧱 #NewYorkCity #NYCSky #WinterStormFern #WeatherSky

“like Heated Rivalry but without the rivalry”

today’s #butchwomanchronicles in #LGBTSky: sometimes i stroke my lil’ lady-beard when deep in thought & folks often see me doing it & take that as a sign i’m lowkey a man. which is funny—cause to me, in that moment, i’m having a hard think like the grandest of wizards who’s bouta gather all 🧵 1/2

apple 🤝 google 🟰we’re so cooked. #apple #google #AI #apocalypsenow

from the other word app. will probs delete in the morn but my god, i am so tired of being nice to ppl who don’t deserve it. #BookSky

five days in & i’m already tired. jesus. #newyearworseme

hivemind: where we shopping for cheap or discount plane tickets these days? still kayak or nah? hmu! #TravelSky #InternationalTravel #planetickets

It was a joy to choose ten stories by writers from the Global Ethnic Majority for March’s Mondettes. Thanks for asking me, @mattkendrick.bsky.social! Let’s give these amazing stories another airing: open.substack.com/pub/mondette...

Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.

to folks using outlook who react to emails w/ emojis, quick question: WHY i am not one of yr little friends, susan. i am yr coworker. i only know yr name cause u STAY clogging up my inbox. bffr. #email #google #microsoft #technology #weird #officelife #wfh

wait till yr a couple more years in and she starts stealing yr hoodies & linen shirts & socks 🧦 “get married,” they said… “being married is fun,” they said…

co-signed.

d’angelo! no!!!! the dude wasn’t even old enough to be considered a true oldhead. he should still be bopping around on the periphery of commercial music for decades yet. will we have ANY nice things left by the time I’M an oldhead?! #dangelo #musicsky #blacksky #neosoul

decades of deplorable behavior, and all they gave him was 4 years. barely amounts to a slap on the wrist. shameful. #Diddy #BlackSky #MusicSky #RapSky #Cassie #MeToo #BelieveSurvivors

From birth moms & other experts, I learned how complicated openness can be—even when it's part of the plan at the start. “We talk about open adoption as if it’s okay for everyone because there are no secrets,” a birth mom & advocate said. “In reality, the hurts of open adoption are just different.”

apple’s latest product reveal was yawn at best—except! airpods that translate languages in real time? at long last, i’ll finally know what my dominican barber REALLY thinks of me next i go 😂 #Apple #Tech #Translation

Thanks so much to our intern Ella Schweizer for curating this great back-to-school post featuring pieces with school vibes by @ruthlefaive.bsky.social @christinajcooke.bsky.social, Kenneth Lee, Jeremy Radin, Alan Charazo, Kasey Butcher Santana, Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi, and more!

We are creating a Spanish language section on The Rumpus, for original creative work written in Spanish and are looking for a volunteer editor for this section. If this could be you, please send a brief letter of interest to [email protected] by Tuesday, September 2nd!

Registration closes soon for "Writing the Body" with @margosteines.bsky.social! Write about embodied experiences with nuance and power, joined by renowned guest authors @sarahmanguso.bsky.social, Krys Malcolm Belc, @porochista.bsky.social, & @christinajcooke.bsky.social. Register:

🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 We’ve got a ton of very good book recommendations for #PrideMonth. Here are just a few of them. How many have you read? 🔗 Find more books by LGBTQ+ authors here: houseofanansi.com/collections/... #booksky #lgbtq+ #canlit #litfic

For my #readaroundtheworld #bookchallenge I read "Broughtupsy" by Christina Cooke set in Kingston #Jamaica Akúa comes back to Jamaica 10 years after her mom's death to deal with the death of her younger brother & to confront her older sister who stayed. Themes of belonging & identity. #booksky 💜📚

Some more book recommendations for #PrideMonth! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Check out the rest of our collection here: houseofanansi.com/collections/... #BookSky #QueerBookSky

Christina Cooke's (MA'12) debut novel grew out of a series of short stories she wrote for her thesis in creative writing, part of her degree from @discoverunb.bsky.social. Check out this fascinating interview with Christina as she reflects on the origins of "Broughtupsy" 📚 bit.ly/3SpvlwE

Per Leslie Jamison, reading @margosteines.bsky.social's writing is "journeying to the center of the earth, except the earth is a human body." Learn from Margo, @christinajcooke.bsky.social @porochista.bsky.social @sarahmanguso.bsky.social & Krys Malcom Belc in "Writing the Body." buff.ly/JOxfnwQ

My flash story "Faultline" was on the Wigleaf Top 50 Longlist! It's truly the little story that could 😭 And I'm in good company: @christinajcooke.bsky.social is on the Top 50 and @claudiamonpere.bsky.social is with me on the longlist, both Split Lip contributors. Read their stories below!

"We were in the bathroom, the choir leader and me, but we were meant to be at lunch." *Please* check out What Happened Was by @christinajcooke.bsky.social, what a brilliant, limber, heartbreaking story: splitlipthemag.com/flash/1124/c....

How do we occupy our bodies, what do we do with them, how do we feel in them? Explore this and more in our popular "Writing the Body" course w @margosteines.bsky.social, @christinajcooke.bsky.social, @porochista.bsky.social, @sarahmanguso.bsky.social, & Krys Malcolm Belc. buff.ly/JOxfnwQ

"Publishing a novel at all is a commendable achievement. I should be thrilled. So why am I so damn sad?" Out now: @christinajcooke.bsky.social on post-publication blues after the release of her debut novel "Broughtupsy" (@catapultbooks.bsky.social). chireviewofbooks.com/2025/07/07/a...

Congratulations to @christinajcooke.bsky.social for making the Wigleaf 50! And to @cedarchromatic.bsky.social & @claudiamonpere.bsky.social for making the long list! So well-deserved! Congrats to everyone on the lists & huge thank you to @wigleaf.bsky.social for all the work that goes into them!

WHAT HAPPENED WAS by @christinajcooke.bsky.social, a brilliant Wigleaf Top 50 story: splitlipthemag.com/flash/1124/c...

So pumped to see Split Lip stories by @christinajcooke.bsky.social @cedarchromatic.bsky.social & @claudiamonpere.bsky.social on the Wigleaf lists! Thank you @wigleaf.bsky.social! It's always a fun time of year. Congrats all around! Make sure to read these stories in the 🧵 if you haven't already!

"The counselor’s standing over me now. He’s looking at my forehead but not quite at me. I bet he thinks I’m damned, damned, damned." Brilliant heartbreaking by @christinajcooke.bsky.social in @splitlipthemag.bsky.social So deserving of @wigleaf.bsky.social Top 50. splitlipthemag.com/flash/1124/c...

5/15 #SmallPress #books #BookSky #DSPBposts 💙📚 @christinajcooke.bsky.social @catapultbooks.bsky.social @otroedgargomez.bsky.social @littlepuss.net @catfitzpatrick.net ‬ @caseyplett.com ‬ @jeannethornton.bsky.social @sohopress.bsky.social

In "Writing the Body," you'll connect the self to the corporeal, guide your body writing practice, and engage with world-class instructors @margosteines.bsky.social, @christinajcooke.bsky.social, @porochista.bsky.social, @sarahmanguso.bsky.social, & Krys Malcom Belc. Register: buff.ly/bTljiyP

#BookSky #CanadaSky

new #interview about writing, reading, & what #diaspora means to me—up now on Creative Process 🙌🏽📚✨🇯🇲 check it out: www.creativeprocess.info/writers-inte...

Daily(ish) #Pride #SmallPress #books: Broughtupsy (@christinajcooke.bsky.social, @catapultbooks.bsky.social) books.catapult.co/books/brough... & High-Risk Homosexual (@otroedgargomez.bsky.social, Soft Skull) softskull.com/books/high-r... Alt-text = details. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky 🌈📚 #PrideMonth 🏳️‍🌈📚

Our Literary Thursdays series continues with @christinajcooke.bsky.social, who will talk about her debut novel, "Broughtupsy." Join us on May 29 at 6PM! queenslibrary.org/calendar/lit...

@margosteines.bsky.social is back w/ her incredible Masters' Series course "Writing the Body"! Learn all about the talented, multi-genre guest authors Margo's invited— @christinajcooke.bsky.social , @porochista.bsky.social , Sarah Manguso, & Krys Malcom Belc—and register here:

drew may have listed me as 56th in his book recos (which, btw, are SUPERB) but i can guarantee you that i’m number one in his heart.

just did my first event in a while, and i gotta say — readers fucking rule. y’all are just the best, and i mean that fr fr #BookSky #Reading #Bookstore

Join us virtually on Tuesday May 20 at 7 PM EST for a conversation with Christina Cooke, author of Broughtupsy. #bookevents @christinajcooke.bsky.social

Announcing our brand new WEB PLAYER 🎧 You can now read your audiobooks straight from your browser 👀 Just go to your library, find the audiobook, and press "play now." How many of you will be listening at work from now on? 🙋‍♀️ (We won't tell, promise.)

Look, I literally never got work through twitter, so if you're an editor and want to give me that little bit of magic that is ~finding work via social media~ AND support small presses at the same time, please do reach out.

bird suit!!!