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Aubrey Hirsch

Aubrey Hirsch is the author of a short story collection, Why We Never Talk About Sugar, and a flash fiction chapbook, This Will Be His Legacy. Her stories, essays, and comics have appeared in The Nib, Black Warrior Review, American Short Fiction, The Florida Review, the New York Times, and elsewhere. You can find links to more of her work on her website and follow her on Twitter: @aubreyhirsch.

Comics, Rumpus Comics, Spotlight

Aubrey Hirsch

Oct 2, 2019

Spotlight: “The Curse”

Better your dreams not be too big.
Comics, Rumpus Comics, Spotlight

Aubrey Hirsch

May 8, 2018

Spotlight: “Survivors” by Aubrey Hirsch

But more and more I began to wonder if you needed to be human to be a person.
Rumpus Original

Aubrey Hirsch

Apr 17, 2014

The Post-Pregnancy Body

Belly: There was extra room there for a while, in case he wanted to come back, I suppose.
Rumpus Original

Aubrey Hirsch

Sep 25, 2013

Birth Story

This is the part of the birth story when the woman is supposed to tap into the primal strength of her ancestors, a pool with a hundred thousand years of depth…
Rumpus Original

Aubrey Hirsch

May 2, 2012

On Pregnancy and Privacy and Fear

My husband, Devan, wants to know when he can stop lying to everyone he cares about. He’s talking about the baby, the fact that we’re having one (if all goes well) in early October.