Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Chris Crowder
I am trying to be less miserable, digging / for everything I have to write into my flesh.
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Grief at the Verge of Revelation: A Conversation with Hala Alyan
What makes a life? Not even what makes a life worth living, but what makes a life a life.
Voices On Addiction: Incorrigible, A Love Story
I wanted to be good so my mother would love me. But I didn’t know how.
Finding A New “Happily Ever After”: Susan Ostrov’s Loveland
But for so many of us, love is “a puzzle with jig-sawed edges, and all we have are scattered, often missing, pieces of ourselves.
On Seeking the Woman Within: A Conversation with Lyn Patterson
My story is just one, but our unique perspectives contribute to creating a richer and more complex picture of our collective humanity.
On People Pleasing
I learned to smile even when I didn't feel like it, to reassure people and make them feel at ease.
How to Get Unstuck: A Conversation with Julia Phillips
When danger comes close to you, how do you react to it? How do you push back against it or cooperate with it?
The Archive as Potter’s Field: Hannah Regel’s The Last Sane Woman
As the handwritten stories unfold, the lives of the two ceramicists come closer and closer.
Tension Is Where the Heartbeat Is: A Conversation with Dorinda Wegener
Tension is where the heartbeat is. It’s the energy of it all, the electricity, the love.