Posts by: Gayle Brandeis

The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Laraine Herring

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“That’s the power of art, I think. It is transformative. It can love us all back home.”

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What to Read When You Want to Fall in Love with Novels in Verse

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Gayle Brandeis shares a reading list to celebrate MANY RESTLESS CONCERNS.

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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Thunder, Thighs

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Over one third of the women in my survey had been called “Thunder Thighs” at some point in their life. Many were still haunted by this. None of them interpreted “thunder” to mean “power.

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Get Me Away From Here, I’m Dying

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No one comes in to check on me, no one asks if I’m okay after I finally emerge, embarrassed, my eyes completely red. They all love me, but not enough to forgive what I’m about to do.

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