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A Donne for Our Times: on Deed by torrin a. greathouse

Worlds cannot be built from scratch, though, and many of greathouse’s poems find building blocks in existing works. These uses go beyond mere reference and reveal new resonances in even the most familiar sources

What to Read When You Want to Destabilize the Binaries Between Good and Bad

Among the 14 “Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture” as outlined by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, are “Either/or Thinking,” “Fear of Open Conflict,” “Belief in One Right Way,” and “Perfectionism.” As a white person who came of age in predominantly white neighborhoods and schools, I…

The First Book

The First Book: Daniel Tam-Claiborne

I began writing Transplants in earnest in 2019 during the last semester of my MFA program. I had the truly great fortune of working with Lauren Groff who, when given the option between helping me touch up my existing short stories for my graduate thesis or advising me on a new project nearly…

Fiction

Rumpus Original Fiction: The Red Zone

That night, when I confessed to never having used a tampon before, not having a mom around to explain it, Cami locked us both into a bathroom stall and showed me how.

A Space of Her Own

Marcia LeBeau’s debut collection, A Curious Hunger, is a powerful testament to the unabashed wholeness of womanhood—and an assertion that our culture, where power skews cis male, needs to make space for it. All of it. This is a big ask, for Western culture has a longtime habit of affording…

Essays

On Exteriority: David Szalay’s “Flesh”

After a few more one-liners, it becomes clear István is living in pandemic-era England (he vapes now, etc.) and trying to log on to a Zoom meeting with his therapist

Poetry

Rumpus Original Poetry: Megan Pinto

The Doe Because of the rain, the meadowis empty. How quickly the trainvanishes this view. I press my ear to blank paper, hopingto hear you, waiting for a break in the rain. My mother counseled me to pray MaryMother of Jesus, please be a mother to me now. I rouse the childlikeversions of my…

Interviews

Divorcing Dad Rock from Gender and Genre: An Interview with Niko Stratis

I've developed my own framework for what I want dad rock to be. To me, it is a genre that is about people. I'm trying to approach it with very loose terms to not give away all my secrets, but a genre where the person who is making the music is not telling you what to do but is imparting some…

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On Tove Jansson’s Eccentrics and Oddballs

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To Adopt a Grandparent

Home is a Word Unspoken

Pigs Rooting for Truffles

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Fiction

Rumpus Original Fiction: Casserole

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What to Read When You Can’t Catch a Break

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Rumpus Original Poetry: Katherine Tunning

Sacred Mire and the Cutting Edge of Anti-: Tawahum Bige’s Cut to Fortress

National Poetry Month: Hala Alyan

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ENOUGH: The Last Beautiful Day

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We Are More: Istanbul

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“Three Initiates”: On Jeanne Thornton’s A/S/L

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We Must All Transition: Paul B. Preciado’s Dysphoria Mundi

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The First Book: Veena Dinavahi

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The Gifts of a Father’s Schizophrenia: A Conversation with Natasha Williams

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