The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Evolve or Die
In an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir Harley and Me: Embracing Risk on the Road to a More Authentic Life, the author shares what she learned studying sea life on the island Mo’orea.
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Jennifer S. Cheng received her MFA in Nonfiction Writing from the University of Iowa and her BA from Brown University. Having spent her childhood in Hong Kong, she returned to it as U.S. Fulbright Fellow in 2010-2011. She lives in San Francisco and can be found at jenniferscheng.com.
The Sunday Rumpus Essay: The Last First Day
"My desires had now become too big, the call to a larger life too loud to be easily hushed." As her children age and her identity as a Mother shifts, the author must step outside the safety of an outgrown marriage.
The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Totally Hosed
"In that instant, I believed I had killed him. And that my life, as I’d known it, had just ended."
Sunday Rumpus Essay: Don’t Call Me Biker Chick
She is middle-aged, with three nearly grown children and no tattoos, when learning to ride a motorcycle named Izzy teaches her to live fully and without fear.