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NEWS

05.28.24
New York City venue Earth hosts a Muumuu House reading.

10.20.23
Robert McCready presents his story Gloria Naylor's Island in a panel discussion at a Gloria Naylor conference. Listen here.

10.20.23
Submissions for online publication open for
~3 weeks

9.24.22
Submissions for online publication open for 2.5 weeks

3.10.22
Zac Smith and Tao Lin appear in a 2-part episode of KCRW's Bookworm

1.18.22
Zac Smith's Everything Is Totally Fine is published!

5.03.21
Muumuu House announces new book—its first in 10.25 years—Everything Is Totally Fine by Zac Smith

8.10.19
Neutral Spaces publishes PDF of The Brandon Book Crisis

9.25.18
Tyrant Books publishes Megan Boyle's second book, Liveblog

7.31.14
Megan Boyle creates meganboyle.org

1.23.14
during my nervous breakdown i want to have a biographer present is now available as ebook

1.10.14
January orders include a free copy of the novel Childhood's End

12.28.13
Muumuu House's Tumblr returns

12.18.13
Inklings posts video of Megan Boyle reading from her liveblog at KGB Bar

12.15.13
KGB Bar hosts Muumuu House holiday reading

11.08.13
The Fader re Megan Boyle's liveblog

10.23.13
muumuuhouse.com experiences redesign

10.22.13
selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee is now available in a 2nd edition

10.08.13
Matthew Donahoo reads 10 poems/stories from sometimes my heart pushes my ribs

10.07.13
Muumuu House nominates excerpt of White Out, Matthew Rohrer's What Is More Distracting Than Clouds, Sam Pink's YOP for 2014 Pushcart Prize

9.19.13
sometimes my heart pushes my ribs is now available as ebook

8.29.13
Electric Literature interviews Megan Boyle

3.17.13
selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee is now available as ebook

11.10.12
Dakota Editora publishes Spanish translation of selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee

10.19.12
The Believer interviews Muumuu House intern Katrina Reeves

8.13.12
Creepy Faggot Magazine interviews Megan Boyle

2.21.12
Wall Street Journal, The Outlet, Capital New York cover Muumuu House's reading at St. Mark's Bookshop

2.20.12
St. Mark's Bookshop hosts Muumuu House reading

1.14.12
Glamour & madmoiZelle recommend selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee

1.05.12
Small Press Distribution's #1 best-seller re poetry/Dec is selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee

1.01.12
Best American Nonrequired Reading, edited by Dave Eggers, lists Clams by Megan Boyle as 'Notable Nonrequired Reading of 2010'

12.29.11
New York Observer, Gawker, Thought Catalog, The Rumpus cover Adrien Brody by Marie Calloway

12.05.11
Small Press Distribution's #1 best-seller re poetry/Nov is selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee

11.15.11
Megan Boyle's selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee is published!

11.07.11
Elle, Nylon, Goodreads feature Megan Boyle re selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee

7.22.11
The Morning News profiles Muumuu House

5.13.11
reddit re Everyone I've Had Sex With

3.08.11
Megan Boyle reports on Shitstorm Arnold

3.04.11
HTMLGIANT article Some Thoughts Re Muumuu House generates 400+ comments

2.27.11
Muumuu House gains Tumblr presence

6.25.10
sometimes my heart pushes my ribs is now available in a 2nd edition

4.22.10
Die Zeit quotes sometimes my heart pushes my ribs & during my nervous breakdown i want to have a biographer present

3.17.10
BSG arguably foments & documents Shitstorm Alberto

2.12.10
Poetry Foundation reprints Jean Rhys from sometimes my heart pushes my ribs & gigantic mountains from during my nervous breakdown i want to have a biographer present

10.05.09
Bookslut interviews BSG

9.24.09
Fanzine reviews during my nervous breakdown i want to have a biographer present

7.31.09
Vol. 1 reviews sometimes my heart pushes my ribs & during my nervous breakdown i want to have a biographer present

7.03.09
PPOW Gallery hosts launch party for during my nervous breakdown i want to have a biographer present

7.02.09
Powell's publishes conversation between BSG & Chelsea Martin

6.26.09
Bookslut reviews sometimes my heart pushes my ribs & during my nervous breakdown i want to have a biographer present

6.24.09
Bomb interviews BSG

6.20.09
BSG's during my nervous breakdown i want to have a biographer present is published!

6.19.09
Poets & Writers, Plan B, Chris Killen feature Muumuu House

5.20.09
3:AM Magazine reviews sometimes my heart pushes my ribs

5.19.09
HTMLGIANT reviews The Brandon Book Crisis

5.12.09
The Brandon Book Crisis is published!

4.25.09
HTMLGIANT publishes excerpts of sometimes my heart pushes my ribs

4.23.09
HTMLGIANT interviews Audrey Allendale

4.11.09
bear parade publishes Nervous Assface by BSG

4.10.09
Cafe Orwell hosts launch party for sometimes my heart pushes my ribs

3.20.09
Ellen Kennedy's sometimes my heart pushes my ribs is published!

3.12.09
Fanzine & FREEwilliamsburg review sometimes my heart pushes my ribs

2.24.09
Nylon profiles Muumuu House

2.16.09
Muumuu House gains Twitter account

12.26.08
Muumuu House reveals covers for sometimes my heart pushes my ribs & during my nervous breakdown i want to have a biographer present

12.01.08
Muumuu House nominates Norm Macdonald & A Pale White Hamster Yawns in Bed by Ellen Kennedy, Butt Teen by R.B. Glaser, Godzilla by BSG, A Cold Wind Blows Tonight by Noah Cicero, The Strange Case of the Gentleman with Wings by Matthew Rohrer for the 2009 Pushcart Prize

10.26.08
HTMLGIANT interviews BSG

10.08.08
Muumuu House is established

WRITING (by author)

My Fecal Transplant
August Lamm

The Erik Chess Thing
Calvin Westra

selections from Nathaniel Duggan's Twitter
Zac Smith

The Beautiful, Arid Abyss
Danielle Chelosky

Chapter 11 of Let Me Try Again
Matthew Davis

Labor Day BOGO Deal
Zac Smith

Fight
Cavin Bryce Gonzalez

Literally Perfect
Anna Dorn

The Playlist
Gabi Abrāo

Invisible Fences
Nathaniel Duggan

three stories
Cavin Bryce Gonzalez

Meerkat Manor
Rebecca Grace Cyr

Sillyboi Listens to Future's Dirty Sprite 2
Peter Vack

selections from Nicolette Polek's Twitter
Jordan Castro

Will Dan
Zans Brady Krohn

My Boyfriend
Zans Brady Krohn

You Are Important and Can Contribute
Noah Cicero

I Know Who Killed Me
Miss Unity

Have You Tried Mindfulness?
August Lamm

Fish
Cavin Bryce Gonzalez

How Materials Break
Gabi Abrāo

Let's Do This Thing Called Life
Riley Quinn Scott

The Secret
Zac Smith

Poem While On Hold with NBA League Pass Customer Support
Andrew James Weatherhead

Sisters
Gabriela Gorgas

This Is Water
Rebecca Grace Cyr

Life Fell Apart
Writers Life Tips

Goodwill
Don Television

Casino Sunrise
Rebecca Grace Cyr

The Exorcist
Myles Zavelo

Tadpoles
Elizabeth Ellen

Heated Political Debate Between Two Friends
Writers Life Tips

Nobody Wrote These Poems
Katie Frank

from Poems from the Dutch
Andrew James Weatherhead

Ronnie
Clancy Martin

Lake Kemp
Wallace Barker

Sound Proofing
Raegan Bird

two stories
Writers Life Tips

Chips, Crumbs
Emma Olivia Cohen

An Excerpt From My New Autofiction Novella About a Really Dark Period in My Life
Matthew Davis

They Had a Four-Hour Argument About Salt
Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle

two stories
Sam McAlilly

Sky Burial
Katie Frank

excerpt of Our Last Year
Alan Rossi

Liver
Jordan Castro

Flowers
Anika Jade

Karen's Tote Bag
Zoe Dubno

Gloria Naylor's Island
Robert McCready

Ben
Danielle Chelosky

two poems
Elizabeth Ellen

I'm Begging My Parents for Adderall
Myles Zavelo

six poems
Katie Frank

excerpt of The Novelist
Jordan Castro

three stories
Nathan Dragon

Sponge Cake
Madeline Cash

"Agree"
Zac Smith

three poems
Rachel B. Glaser

Ghosts
Brad Phillips

The Dog
Stacey Levine

two stories
Willy Miwa

Genesis
Lily Arnell

I'm Not Here to Commit Any Crimes
Zac Smith

Rainbow
Precious Okoyomon

Omens, Portents, Comets
Jon Lindsey

three poems from l-theanine
Willis Plummer

Holding Your Breath So You Don't Have to Breathe So Much Sometimes
Zac Smith

Giancarlo DiTrapano (1974-2021)
various

PCP
Anna Dorn

I Feel Like My Own Life Would Be Better and All of Their Lives Would Also Be Better
Clancy Martin

The Last Time I Saw My Father
Elizabeth Ellen

The Jealous Type
Aoko Matsuda

Drainstoppers
Natalya Malick

What It Was Like, What Happened, & What It's Like Now
Brad Phillips

The Swan
Lily Arnell

Delete All
Alan Rossi

I Don't Know How to Count Sheep
Rachel Bell

The Road Trip With Joey
Big Bruiser Dope Boy

excerpt of True Love
Sarah Gerard

Today Is Totally Fucked 2
Zac Smith

Fred from Finance
Vincent Chu

NBA
Elizabeth Ellen

Chickens Are Real
Blake Butler

seven poems
Anna Dorn

Summer Notebook
Nicolette Polek

The Meditation Center
Katie Frank

A Pick-Up Artist in the Animal Kingdom
Big Bruiser Dope Boy

seven stories
Jordan Castro

After the world ends white we still have our dreams
Precious Okoyomon

A Synonym for "Ask For"
David Fishkind

Billy
Elizabeth Ellen

Gay Rodney Dangerfield
Big Bruiser Dope Boy

Love is an Arrangement / Love is a Derangement
Kristen Iskandrian

three stories
Theo Thimo

Monkey Story
Yukiko Motoya

June 8, 2013
Megan Boyle

Skydiving
Jordan Castro

Jumping Rope
Sam Pink

Dispensed
David Fishkind

two poems
Precious Okoyomon

two stories
Nicolette Polek

six stories
Jordan Castro

eight poems
Yuna Winter

Reality is a Simulation Designed for Music
Noah Cicero

I Hate Mushrooms
Brad Phillips

Primo Carnera
Elizabeth Ellen

Vandal
Chelsea Martin

10,000 Year Clock
Willis Plummer

excerpt of Person/a
Elizabeth Ellen

excerpt of your glass head against the brick parade of now whats
Sam Pink

Things the Photoshop Instructor Said and Did
Andrew James Weatherhead

Richard and the Grocer
Jordan Castro

selections from Victoria Trott's Twitter
Tao Lin (editor)

nine poems
Mallory Whitten

three poems
Elizabeth Ellen

four poems
Ludvig Köhler

My Father Seems to Think I'm a Fakir
Claudia Apablaza

Gym, Martial Arts, Happy Dance, Zumba, Pilates, Running, Walking, Trekking, Etc.
Claudia Apablaza

Everyone Wants to Work at the Cloud Factory
Sam Pink






excerpt of Bad Sex
Clancy Martin

selections from Kristen Iskandrian's Twitter
Tao Lin (editor)

selections from Sam Cooke's intoxicated Twitter
David Fishkind (editor)

The Dishwasher
Sam Pink

David Texts Me at Midnight
Mira Gonzalez

The Tree
Stacey Levine

excerpts of In Real Life
Chris Killen

selections from David Fishkind's Twitter
Mira Gonzalez (editor)

Period Sex, or, I Have a Bad Habit of Making My Life about the People Who Are No Longer in It
Elizabeth Ellen

14 haiku
Willis Plummer

The Birthday Party
Lily Arnell

how to write an e book of poetry
Oscar Schwartz

excerpt of Matt Meets Vik
Timothy Willis Sanders

selections from Gene Morgan's Twitter
Mallory Whitten (editor)

A Small Blue Soldier on the Dashboard of a Car Driving Somewhere
Megan Boyle

selections from Brian Morton's Twitter
Tao Lin (editor)

selections from Andrew Weatherhead's Twitter
Mallory Whitten (editor)

July 4, 2013
Mira Gonzalez

Who Is He
Michael Earl Craig

why you shouldn't be a high school algebra one teacher
Mallory Whitten

Fung Bussy
Sam Pink

selections from Katrina Reeves' Twitter
Tao Lin (editor)

ball day
Mallory Whitten

Bienvenido el Duende
Trinie Dalton

Over the Counter Medication
Noah Cicero

A Chance to Say No
James Purdy

crack ho
Victoria Trott

selections from Maude Apatow's Twitter
Ben Brooks (editor)

YOP
Sam Pink

selections from Victoria Trott's Twitter
Willis Plummer (editor)

MK ULTRA
Matthew Rohrer

What Is More Distracting Than Clouds
Matthew Rohrer

selections from Mira Gonzalez's unedited Twitter
Matthew Donahoo (editor)

excerpt of White Out
Michael W. Clune

six poems
Jordan Castro

The Girl Who Planted Flowers
Sheila Heti

selections from Jordan Castro's Twitter
Megan Boyle (editor)

two poems
Mira Gonzalez

felt extremely self-satisfied while reading about hemingway at work today
Matthew Donahoo

selections from Elisa Gabbert's Twitter
Tao Lin (editor)

Likable
Deb Olin Unferth

The Wolf at The Door
Rebecca Curtis

Dream of a Clean Slate
John Haskell

A Short Essay on The War
Dylan Nice

selections from Willis Plummer's Twitter
Mira Gonzalez (editor)

Zac Zellers is The Where's Waldo of Ann Arbor
Elizabeth Ellen

two poems
Mira Gonzalez

The End of Larry's Wallet
Todd Hasak-Lowy

The Poet and The Novelist as Roommates
Sheila Heti

everything i know about the dalai lama
Mira Gonzalez

sketchy moments in 2012 pt 1-3
Joseph Moore

selections from Timothy Willis Sanders' Twitter
Megan Boyle (editor)

My Experiences on Bath Salts
Mallory Whitten

Bees
Sam Pink

selections from David Jones' Twitter
Megan Boyle (editor)

it's ok re drugs
Jordan Castro

Tao Lin's Third Novel
Matthew Donahoo

what xanax makes me feel like
Megan Boyle

selections from Mira Gonzalez's Twitter
Tao Lin (editor)

excerpt of The Insurgent
Noah Cicero

selections from Elaine Sun's Twitter
Spencer Madsen (editor)

excerpt of selected unpublished blog posts of a mexican panda express employee
Megan Boyle

selections from Spencer Madsen's Twitter
Elaine Sun (editor)

Training
Sam Pink

Adrien Brody
Marie Calloway

selections from Giancarlo DiTrapano's Twitter
Blake Butler (editor)

things i remember about a man on a plane
Mallory Whitten

Juliana
Sam Pink

50 lines
Megan Boyle

excerpt of Leaving the Atocha Station
Ben Lerner

Kary
Mallory Whitten

selections from Blake Butler's Twitter
Tao Lin (editor)

James Franco
Jordan Castro

Bret Easton Ellis' First Novel
Andrew James Weatherhead

Little Rock
Megan Boyle

extremely high in dark ass room
Jordan Castro

Things I Remember My Great-Grandparents Doing
Mallory Whitten

unpublished tweets
Megan Boyle

excerpt of Person
Sam Pink

knife girl
Mallory Whitten

selections from Jordan Castro's Twitter
Mallory Whitten (editor)

Four Times I've Interacted with Justin Taylor in Real Life
Andrew James Weatherhead

Embarrassing Moments
Megan Boyle

Probably Going to Die Alone
Ellen Kennedy

eight poems
Audun Mortensen

The Insurgent (chapters 7-9)
Noah Cicero

selections from Megan Boyle's Twitter
Tao Lin (editor)

Bad Smelling Person in Nautica
Miles Ross

excerpt of Best Behavior
Noah Cicero

Clams
Megan Boyle

scoliosis poems
Zachary German

Today
Victoria Trott

i want to drive my car into the ocean really slowly, like a turtle
Joseph Moore

A Gorgeous Hotel, In a Grand City
Michael Earl Craig

selections from Miles Ross' Twitter
Tao Lin (editor)

Ambien
Abigail Lloyd

Everyone I've Had Sex With
Megan Boyle

elevated self esteem as a result of alcohol consumption
Megan Boyle

fell asleep while watching 'election' last night
Zachary German

selections from Chris Killen's Twitter
Tao Lin (editor)

Florals
Rebecca Curtis

an uneventful story about a person and a dog in an apartment that the majority of the population would react to by saying 'i don't understand what the point of this is'
Ellen Kennedy

La Peña
Deb Olin Unferth

McDonald's
Abigail Lloyd

Synchronized Swimming
Mazie Louise Montgomery

Shoplifting from Urban Outfitters
Victoria Trott

something bad happened today
Zachary German

qim drunk
Victoria Trott

Gmail chat
Tao Lin & Zachary German

three stories
Matthew Rohrer

Flatbed, Seabed
Tara Wray

Norm Macdonald
Ellen Kennedy

lemmings paintball
Zachary German

A Pale White Hamster Yawns in Bed
Ellen Kennedy

Gmail chat
Jamie Sterns & Tao Lin

tonic has a lot of calories, interestingly
Zachary German

Butt Teen
R.B. Glaser

the world would be happier with me dead in it
Victoria Trott

Clichês vs. Concrete Words
Brandon Scott Gorrell

A Cold Wind Blows Tonight
Noah Cicero