Thank you!!

New Bop dropped today. Thanks Academy of American Poets for the platform, thank you Danusha for the invitation.

The Rumpus Prize in Nonfiction, First Place: Daniel B. Summerhill - The Rumpus A tight plot of land with poverty gripping the neck of its residents even tighter. The same way America held off on recognizing street gangs as an issue until blood was spilt outside of the hood in 19...

Next up, @bennysummerhill.bsky.social's THE RUMPUS PRIZE IN NONFICTION winning essay, "‘Tell Me When to Go’ Had Just Dropped and I Was from Oakland"—truly stunning!
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On the record, I would to say, Frank Ocean gave us Blonde. He owes us nothing.

The Rumpus Prize in Nonfiction, First Place: Daniel B. Summerhill - The Rumpus A tight plot of land with poverty gripping the neck of its residents even tighter. The same way America held off on recognizing street gangs as an issue until blood was spilt outside of the hood in…

Congrats to our alum @bennysummerhill.bsky.social, whose essay “‘Tell Me When to Go’ Had Just Dropped and I Was from Oakland” won the inaugural @therumpus.net Prize for nonfiction! Check it out here:

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Boy, the return key on my keyboard is probably sick of my shit, the way I press it twice as hard as any other key.

Thanks Robbie!

My nickname was “Hyphy” in the 10th grade because I had just moved to a city called Victorville (hour from LA) & I was from Oakland at the height of the Bay Area’s most prominent movements. I wrote about that period of tumultuous adolescence—gang culture—losing a teammate to murder—etc. in an essay.

30 for 30.