Anna Held
@asheld.bsky.social
Nonfiction editor at the Rumpus, writer other places
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Could run this article for every flight he takes
March 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Could run this article for every flight he takes
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BIG NEWS! The Rumpus will transition to new ownership under @roxanegay.bsky.social and @debbiemillman.bsky.social effective May 1. This change is an opportunity for a more sustainable future and meaningful growth. 🎉 Read the full announcement from our publisher, Alyson Sinclair. buff.ly/aFeXcEE
March 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
BIG NEWS! The Rumpus will transition to new ownership under @roxanegay.bsky.social and @debbiemillman.bsky.social effective May 1. This change is an opportunity for a more sustainable future and meaningful growth. 🎉 Read the full announcement from our publisher, Alyson Sinclair. buff.ly/aFeXcEE
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*TWO days left* to submit to the inaugural
@therumpus.net contests:
Poetry Prize judge: Kaveh Akbar
Fiction Prize judge: Rachel Khong
Nonfiction Prize judge: @meganstielstra.bsky.social
Send us your best by 3/2!
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@therumpus.net contests:
Poetry Prize judge: Kaveh Akbar
Fiction Prize judge: Rachel Khong
Nonfiction Prize judge: @meganstielstra.bsky.social
Send us your best by 3/2!
therumpus.submittable.com/submit
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February 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
*TWO days left* to submit to the inaugural
@therumpus.net contests:
Poetry Prize judge: Kaveh Akbar
Fiction Prize judge: Rachel Khong
Nonfiction Prize judge: @meganstielstra.bsky.social
Send us your best by 3/2!
therumpus.submittable.com/submit
@therumpus.net contests:
Poetry Prize judge: Kaveh Akbar
Fiction Prize judge: Rachel Khong
Nonfiction Prize judge: @meganstielstra.bsky.social
Send us your best by 3/2!
therumpus.submittable.com/submit
Is it possible to passive aggressively send someone a Sally Rooney book, because I’d like to.
February 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Is it possible to passive aggressively send someone a Sally Rooney book, because I’d like to.
I loved editing this essay on embroidery and how the act of making forces reinvention and pushing deeper. @therumpus.net therumpus.net/2025/02/20/h...
Parallel Practice: How to Break a Sentence - The Rumpus
Which color might capture the word “would,” for example? And which stitch?
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February 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I loved editing this essay on embroidery and how the act of making forces reinvention and pushing deeper. @therumpus.net therumpus.net/2025/02/20/h...
Cutting research budgets is like saying you don't care about cancer or Alzheimer's or Parkinson's being cured within your lifetime. Science is happening so quickly. Outcomes are improving year over year. Diseases that used to be death sentences aren't anymore. And they want to just walk away.
January 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Cutting research budgets is like saying you don't care about cancer or Alzheimer's or Parkinson's being cured within your lifetime. Science is happening so quickly. Outcomes are improving year over year. Diseases that used to be death sentences aren't anymore. And they want to just walk away.
Fighting the instinct to post through something and instead blowing up a group chat from every stage of life.
January 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Fighting the instinct to post through something and instead blowing up a group chat from every stage of life.
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We can't wait to read your debut novels! ✨
Our submission period opens tonight Friday 1/10/25 at midnight PT (technically Sat 1/11/25 @ 12:01 am PT) and stays open until Sunday 1/12/25 @ 11:59 pm PT.
See full guidelines, FAQ, and how to submit your work at the link!
tinhouse.com/book-submiss...
Our submission period opens tonight Friday 1/10/25 at midnight PT (technically Sat 1/11/25 @ 12:01 am PT) and stays open until Sunday 1/12/25 @ 11:59 pm PT.
See full guidelines, FAQ, and how to submit your work at the link!
tinhouse.com/book-submiss...
January 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We can't wait to read your debut novels! ✨
Our submission period opens tonight Friday 1/10/25 at midnight PT (technically Sat 1/11/25 @ 12:01 am PT) and stays open until Sunday 1/12/25 @ 11:59 pm PT.
See full guidelines, FAQ, and how to submit your work at the link!
tinhouse.com/book-submiss...
Our submission period opens tonight Friday 1/10/25 at midnight PT (technically Sat 1/11/25 @ 12:01 am PT) and stays open until Sunday 1/12/25 @ 11:59 pm PT.
See full guidelines, FAQ, and how to submit your work at the link!
tinhouse.com/book-submiss...
I want to take my parents to a Warriors game and the accessible tickets are over twice what the regular tickets are 👎
January 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I want to take my parents to a Warriors game and the accessible tickets are over twice what the regular tickets are 👎
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It’s my honor to announce @therumpus.net’s five nominations for BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2025. Check out this thread and give our nominees some love!
1) @jillchristman.bsky.social’s “Spinning Webs in Space.” #RumpusEssays
therumpus.net/2024/10/08/s...
1) @jillchristman.bsky.social’s “Spinning Webs in Space.” #RumpusEssays
therumpus.net/2024/10/08/s...
Spinning Webs in Space - The Rumpus
That was it. She didn’t tell me anything about her life. Not a whisper.
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January 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It’s my honor to announce @therumpus.net’s five nominations for BEST AMERICAN ESSAYS 2025. Check out this thread and give our nominees some love!
1) @jillchristman.bsky.social’s “Spinning Webs in Space.” #RumpusEssays
therumpus.net/2024/10/08/s...
1) @jillchristman.bsky.social’s “Spinning Webs in Space.” #RumpusEssays
therumpus.net/2024/10/08/s...
I love that Gladiator 2 prioritized Denzel laughing and Paul Mescal palling around with the boys above earning the plot.
December 30, 2024 at 7:23 PM
I love that Gladiator 2 prioritized Denzel laughing and Paul Mescal palling around with the boys above earning the plot.
The most liberating feeling I’ve had as an adult is hitting my out-of-pocket max.
December 27, 2024 at 9:35 PM
The most liberating feeling I’ve had as an adult is hitting my out-of-pocket max.
Merry Christmas from the pups!
December 24, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Merry Christmas from the pups!
Richard will get at least 80% of a sweater for Christmas.
December 23, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Richard will get at least 80% of a sweater for Christmas.
My kingdom for an airport Taco Mac.
December 22, 2024 at 6:02 PM
My kingdom for an airport Taco Mac.
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You almost certainly believe there is little overlap between the routines and aspirations of fiction writers and physicists. You are almost certainly wrong.
Wrote about the nature of experiments in physics and fiction.
aeon.co/essays/how-t...
Wrote about the nature of experiments in physics and fiction.
aeon.co/essays/how-t...
How the novel became a laboratory for experimental physics | Aeon Essays
By testing the boundaries of reality, Spanish-language authors have created a sublime counterpart to experimental physics
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December 19, 2024 at 3:07 PM
You almost certainly believe there is little overlap between the routines and aspirations of fiction writers and physicists. You are almost certainly wrong.
Wrote about the nature of experiments in physics and fiction.
aeon.co/essays/how-t...
Wrote about the nature of experiments in physics and fiction.
aeon.co/essays/how-t...
Our trainer can make us better, but we can also make him worse.
December 18, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Our trainer can make us better, but we can also make him worse.
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FIB perspective lamellae = Rothko paintings
December 17, 2024 at 2:16 PM
FIB perspective lamellae = Rothko paintings
Regressing to a second afternoon cup of coffee as an end-of-year treat.
December 11, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Regressing to a second afternoon cup of coffee as an end-of-year treat.
Holiday hack: wear your mouthguard during the day!
December 10, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Holiday hack: wear your mouthguard during the day!
This was after she dropped a toy on my face.
December 9, 2024 at 6:27 AM
This was after she dropped a toy on my face.
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I love experiments with overnight steps. Going in the next morning is like going to open christmas presents but then you find out that your present is nothing and didn't work at all.
December 5, 2024 at 6:43 PM
I love experiments with overnight steps. Going in the next morning is like going to open christmas presents but then you find out that your present is nothing and didn't work at all.
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As a food writer I feel it's important to report that sometimes the solution to your problems is eating as much mac and cheese as physically possible
December 3, 2024 at 11:18 PM
As a food writer I feel it's important to report that sometimes the solution to your problems is eating as much mac and cheese as physically possible
How am I supposed to work under these conditions
December 3, 2024 at 9:12 PM
How am I supposed to work under these conditions