This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Literary History newsletter—sign up here. Robert Frost’s most famous poem, “The Road Not Taken,” “has confused audiences literally from the beginning,” David Orr ha…

Literary Mama

When I step naked into my shower, / I find, staring down at me,

Lately I’ve been calling my House rep and screaming about one zillion things, and maybe you have too. But today I want to talk about one thing in particular you should add to your list: H.R. 7661 i…

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...

Learn six to eight established flash forms—templates you can tuck into your toolkit for future writing.

From teens leading in the work against book censorship to a necessary docuseries exposing Christian fundamentalism, catch up on these previous literary activism posts.