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Join The Rumpus for an evening of readings, discussions, and lit community building at Story Parlor with special guests Morgan Thomas (author of Manywhere) and Alysia Li Ying Sawcyhn (author of A Fish Growing Lungs and Editor-in-Chief of The Rumpus).
Morgan Thomas is a writer from the Gulf Coast. Their debut story collection, MANYWHERE, was published by MCD-FSG. Their work has appeared in The Atlantic, American Short Fiction, The Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. They were the recipient of Lambda Literary’s Judith Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ+ Writers and have also received support from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Southern Studies Fellowship, and the Fulbright Foundation.
Alysia Li Ying Sawcyhn is the author of the essay collection A Fish Growing Lungs, and she is the editor-in-chief of The Rumpus. Her nonfiction has appeared in the St. Petersburg Review, Gulf Coast, Brevity, Prairie Schooner, Southeast Review, and elsewhere. She has taught creative writing at Catapult, the University or Maryland, and currently teaches at Warren Wilson.
Founded in 2009 in San Francisco, CA and now based in Asheville, NC with readers and editors all over the US and abroad, The Rumpus is one of the longest-running independent online literary and culture magazines. Our mostly volunteer-run magazine strives to be a platform for risk-taking voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere. We lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers readers already know and love. Often, we are an emerging writer's first notable publication, which is something we’re really proud of. We believe that literature builds community, and we're excited to bring readers and writers together.
Note: Story Parlor will have its bar open and drinks will be available for purchase, along with Rumpus merch and the authors' books.