TORCH: Over the Borderline
I'm writing about the border through the eyes of children because the border is a problem of the imagination.
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This Week in Trumplandia
Welcome to This Week in Trumplandia. Check in with us every Thursday for a weekly roundup of the most pertinent content on our country.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Rachel McKibbens
I cut off my nose, / her nose collapses. / Chop down my hair & / hers shrieks from the sink. / How many poems do I / have to write ‘til she / gets dead, how many / live-wire syllables?
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Carmen Maria Machado
Carmen Maria Machado discusses her debut story collection, Her Body and Other Parties, her favorite horror writers and movies, and writing the book(s) she's always wanted to read.
Notable San Francisco: 10/18–10/24
Literary events and readings in and around the Bay Area this week!
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
The return of Jackie Shane is exactly what the world needs right now. Architects love a dictator. Is Northern California turning into Southern California? Not really! But kind of! Love…
VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Brooke C. Obie
Brooke C. Obie discusses the historical basis for her debut novel, Book of Addis, writing to dismantle white supremacy, and why Black speculative fiction is integral to her survival.