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.
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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.
What to Read When You Want to be Changed by a Work of Art
Some of the work is simply slowing down visitors and sustaining their attention long enough for the pieces to click together, or for their perspective to shift, or for a light bulb to—literally—go off.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Marisa Tirado
More poems that make me uncomfortable / with the slant of the world! Follow it to the fold!
The First Book: Marcela Fuentes
I’m writing for anyone who likes a messy, drama-filled story with secrets and hilarious family problems, but also for my Latinx community.
There’s Always a Little Light, a Glimmer of Hope: A Conversation with Annell López
I wanted to write characters who confront their humanity—all of it, but especially the ugly and visceral parts, and get to have the “release” we all deserve.
The Great Man and The Wife: On Controlling the Narrative in Sarah Manguso’s Liars
Marriage and motherhood become like invasive species that coil around Jane’s career, leeching her of energy and creative drive.
Rumpus Original Fiction: Fichte Died Here
Seven digits, no area code. Local. Hello, a voice said.
This is a Meditation on Survival: A Conversation with Emily Raboteau
These works of public art are gifted, if you notice them, if you’re in a state of wakefulness.
Life is Tragicomic: A Conversation with Essie Chambers
There are two Post-its on my computer at all times: "Tell the truth" and "Make yourself laugh."
Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Cindy Juyoung Ok
Others have more lateral complaints after reading / books on plant cultivation and memorizing ideal / temperatures, water sources, and angles of sunlight.