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Voices on Addiction: Dodging Rocks
I was also told that Sophie’s first words as she was tackled by police and hit the cold, hard linoleum of the PO’s office were, “Tell Dad I’m sorry.”
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No One Gets off Scot-Free: Jill McCorkle’s Old Crimes
This is such a powerful manifestation of fiction: as writers, much as we make stuff up, we are always writing someone’s story.
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From Alternative Facts to Political Fictions: A Conversation with Emily Greenberg
We’re always imposing our own subjectivity. Perfect empathy is unattainable.
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What to Read When You Need to Blaze a New Trail
One wonders: doesn’t the cream always rise to the top? If not, whose responsibility is it to change that?
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Sketch Book Review: Three Books About Rivers
When passionate individuals like these authors put pen to paper, they have the opportunity to create real change.
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The First Book: Eduardo Martínez-Leyva
Without realizing it, in those years when I wasn’t actively writing, I reflected, processed, grieved, and learned to be kind to myself.
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The Comic Form, Grief Time, and Homecoming in Reverse: A Conversation with Kay Sohini
I’m not that optimistic. But I guess without hope, what else do we have, right?
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An Unsentimental Look at the ’90s: Gina Tron’s Suspect
Even her bad decisions, like lashing out at her bullies, are ones that feel relatable, if things were just a little different.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Three Flash Stories by Walker Rutter-Bowman
I could almost taste a wave, see the little crabs escape the surf. A woman screamed in a good way, for the good things.
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Our Bodies are Bodies and Our Bones Are Bones: A Conversation with Amanda Hawkins
How long would I cry if I just let it happen? How long would I need to mourn if I did not cut that mourning short?
