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A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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It was both daunting and thrilling, all the more surreal because it happened in a place I knew.
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Indie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
Letters in the Early Light of Morning
Maybe you have come to save us. From what? From ourselves.
The Language of What Happened to Us
“We knew things were wrong then,” she says, “but we didn’t know how, or why.”
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