Roxane Gay’s Guide to Being a Contemporary Writer August 17, 2012: Hop on over to Roxane Gay's Tumblr for her list "How to be a Contemporary Writer." Here's a few from the list: 5. Accept that sometimes literary success is political and/or about who you know and that’s not likely to change. Yes, celebrities are going to keep publishing terrible books. Yes, Lisa Rinna’s Starlit is an actual [...] by Harriet Staff

Hard Facts: A Breakdown by Race of Books Reviewed at The New York Times June 7, 2012: Don't stop us if you've seen this piece at The Rumpus already—one of our friends is even posting it on Facebook every half-hour to make sure we all do: Roxane Gay compiled data to reflect "where things stand" for non-white writers in the publishing industry (specifically looking at the breakdown by race of books reviewed at The New York Times). [...] by Harriet Staff