Rumpus Original Fiction: Stages of a Bruise
Did her principles against infidelity still apply, or did death equal divorce? She thought meeting the wife might help her decide.
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I Had to Find a New Language: A Conversation with Anna Gazmarian
I wanted to write about faith in a way that people who are not Christian, or do not understand that worldview, could read and have a more nuanced approach to faith.
What to Read When You Want to F*ck with Genre
Sometimes, the phrase “formally inventive” ends up being used as a polite synonym for “highbrow, but boring” (or “man, I couldn’t really follow the narrative of this book at all”).
Sketch Book Reviews: The Book of (More) Delights
Today's delight: a flush of blooming forget-me-nots creating a blue blanket on the edge of my garden.
Vanishing as a Way of Resistance: A Conversation with Saúl Hernández
My job as a write is to first witness, and then record. It would be an injustice to these poems if they were not written from a place of vulnerability and truth.
A Horror That Cannot be Helped
The summer expands in front of them, and their future disappears. The cheap housing they are cooped up in becomes even less glamorous during the blackouts.
Rumpus Original Fiction: Happy Birthday, I Love You
Almost unwittingly, Denver bent forward. But just before making contact with his pillowy cheek, it happened.
Complicating Cancel Culture: A Conversation with Christine Ma-Kellams
Subconsciously, when writing my own work, I want to make sure that people understand how these characters became who they are.
Softmongering
I wake aching; I know nothing about living, though I've been alive all my life, afraid of giving.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Dabin Jeong
What time is it there / It is like another world / Have you eaten yet
The First Book: Eddie Ahn
The themes in the book subsequently shaped the story’s chronology and created a different style of graphic storytelling, connecting my family’s history with my community work and service.