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Rumpus Articles
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Sketch Book Reviews: Ardor
Knorr . . . makes a variety of forms and experiments into a cohesive artifact.
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Mother, Wife, Writer, Daughter: A Conversation with Julie Myerson
“When we love people, we stand to lose so much, don’t we? It’s one of the best things to write about.”
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Competing Impulses: Blake Butler’s Molly
“Should I be allowed to make this said? To bring to light a part of Molly’s story she covered over at any cost?”
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Longing for Home: A Conversation with Gemini Wahhaj
The diaspora is not just a longing for home but is also really complicated and beautiful and painful, this mysterious experience abroad.
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The First Book: Vanessa Chan
Ambition and achievement are great, but gratitude is the true source of joy.
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Friendship Sunset: A Conversation with Maria Hummel
Friendship is in some ways the purest expression of love. Friendship doesn’t ask for something back in the same way that other loves do.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Hóngmén Banquet
“This is a homecoming,” he’d announced to the girl who took the order, “don’t let our mouths or cups go empty.”
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The First Book: Soraya Palmer
I thought about stories that saved me as a child by showing me what was possible. And then I thought about the stories that were missing.
