The Sunday Rumpus Essay: The Right to Remain
In jail for drunk driving, dried blood stiffening her jeans, Alexis Paige waits to hear if anyone was hurt in the accident she caused and tries to mean it when she tells herself she'll quit drinking.
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Darcey Steinke is the author of the memoir Easter Everywhere (a New York Times Notable Book) and the novels Milk, Jesus Saves, Suicide Blonde, and Up Through the Water, and Sister Golden Hair.
Playing By the Rules: White Privilege and Rachel Jeantel
Clue: Post-Racial Edition. It was the black kid in the hoodie, with his cell phone, and “hostile” girlfriend.
Rejection Sucks and Then You Die: How to Take a Dear Sad Sack Letter (and Shove it)
In what job other than writing must you seek out frequent and concrete rejection? Okay, fine, but go get your own self-pitying rant.