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Tangled Narratives: Curating an Anthology on the Realities of Natural Hair with Lyzette Wanzer

I wanted to get Black joy into the book because that’s also part of our experiences.

I needed to start over.

It’s culture that needs to change and not girls themselves.

I think I understand the gap between obsession and devotion, then.

Rumpus editors share a list of new and forthcoming books to celebrate Pride Month!

My sister chose petal pink and lilac for her wedding. She was a coder. She was going to be the breadwinner.

. . . when I’m putting together a collection of poems, I want an emotional arc.

* of asking for basic services like healthcare and the right to exist

Our next letter in the mail comes from authors Beth Kephart and Abigail Thomas.

I’m a poet, I say, finally, / throwing up my hands, / but she just sits there with this look.

We swim in feedback, baby sharks, and it’s about how do we live in that and make sense or are perhaps shaped by it.

Living entities, with whom we cannot communicate fully, seduce us in their majesty.