Muumuu House is an independent,

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based in

Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...

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that was founded by writer

Tao Lin Tao Lin (; born July 2, 1983) is an American novelist, poet, essayist, short-story writer, and artist. He has published four novels, a novella, two books of poetry, a collection of short stories, and a memoir, as well as an extensive assortment of ...

in 2008. Muumuu House publishes poetry, fiction, and nonfiction in print and online. Muumuu House has published print books by writers Zac Smith,

Megan Boyle Megan Boyle (born October 15, 1985) is an American writer and filmmaker. Boyle grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and rose to prominence among the Alt Lit and internet community after writing popular articles for Thought Catalog and marrying writer ...

, Brandon Scott Gorrell, and Ellen Kennedy. Online publications have included works by

Ben Lerner Benjamin S. Lerner (born February 4, 1979) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, and critic. He has been a Fulbright Scholar, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, a finalist for the National Book Award, a finalist for the National Bo ...

Sheila Heti Sheila Heti (; born 25 December 1976) is a Canadian writer. Early life Sheila Heti was born on 25 December 1976 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her parents are Hungarian Jewish immigrants. Her brother is the comedian David Heti. Her father wanted ...

, Michael W. Clune,

Stacey Levine Stacey Levine is an American novelist, short story author, and journalist. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she attended The University of Missouri's journalism school and the University of Washington. Her fiction and criticism have appeared in num ...

Matthew Rohrer Matthew Rohrer (born 1970) is an American poet. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Rohrer was raised in Oklahoma. He earned a BA from the University of Michigan (where he won a Hopwood Award for poetry) and a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry f ...

Michael Earl Craig Michael Earl Craig is an American poet and farrier living in Livingston, Montana. He was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1970. Craig is the author of six books of poetry. His work has been included in the anthologies ''Isn’t It Romantic'' (2004), Ever ...

, Sam Pink,

Deb Olin Unferth Deb Olin Unferth (born November 19, 1968) is an American short story writer, novelist, and memoirist. She is the author of the collection of stories ''Minor Robberies'', the novel ''Vacation'', both published by ''McSweeney's'', and the memoir, ...

Rebecca Curtis Rebecca Curtis (born January 10, 1974) is an American writer. She is the author of ''Twenty Grand and Other Tales of Love & Money'' (HarperCollins, 2007) and has been published in The New Yorker, Harper's, McSweeney's, NOON, N+1, and other mag ...

Noah Cicero Noah Cicero (born October 10, 1980) is an American novelist, short-story writer. He lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is the author of six books of fiction and two ebooks. Cicero's stories, poetry, and essays have been published in magazines such ...

, Mallory Whitten, Jordan Castro,

Mira Gonzalez Mira Gonzalez (born May 28, 1992) is an American poet.Anisse Gross, September 15, 2015, ''Publishers Weekly''Four Questions for...Poet Mira Gonzalez Retrieved September 23, 2019 Her first collection, ''i will never be beautiful enough to make us b ...

Zachary German Zachary is a male given name, a variant of Zechariah – the name of several Biblical characters. People * Pope Zachary (679–752), Pope of the Catholic Church from 741 to 752 * Zachary of Vienne (died 106), bishop of Vienne (France), martyr ...

, Andrew Weatherhead, Nicolette Polek, Anna Dorn, Elizabeth Ellen, James Purdy, Big Bruiser Dope Boy, Precious Okoyomon, Rachel Glaser, Sarah Gerard, Aoko Matsuda,

Clancy Martin Clancy Martin (born May 7, 1967) is a Canadian philosopher, novelist, and essayist. His interests focuses on 19th century philosophy, existentialism, moral psychology, philosophy and literature, ethics & behavioral health, applied and profession ...

, and Kristen Iskandrian.

Publications

* Smith, Zac. 2022. ''Everything Is Totally Fine.'' Muumuu House. * Boyle, Megan. 2011. ''selected unpublished blog posts of a Mexican panda express employee.'' Muumuu House. * Gorrell, Brandon Scott. 2009. ''during my nervous breakdown i want to have a biographer present.'' Muumuu House. * Kennedy, Ellen. 2009. ''sometimes my heart pushes my ribs''. Muumuu House.

References

Links

Interview with Zac Smith and Tao Lin on KCRW's Bookworm
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