Night Moves
Parents of twins learn that there are two babies but three identities: one for each baby, and then the twin identity, an amorphous, shared mass of personality and action.
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Nick Ripatrazone
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Nick Ripatrazone's novella, This Darksome Burn, is available from Queen's Ferry Press. His books of poetry include This Is Not About Birds and Oblations. He lives with his wife and daughters in New Jersey, and can be found at www.nickripatrazone.com.
The Rumpus Interview with Ming Holden
Writer and development worker Ming Holden discusses her book The Survival Girls, a nonfiction novella that looks at the lives of a group of refugee women from Nairobi who use art and personal performance to combat systematic abuse.
The Rumpus Interview with Mark Jay Brewin, Jr.
Mark Jay Brewin, Jr. waxes about Catholicism, the roles of fathers and sons, and what it means to be a poet from New Jersey.
The Rumpus Interview with Lauren Berry
Lauren Berry, author of The Lifting Dress, discusses her experiences as a high school teacher, in an effort to continue a needed conversation about careers for graduates of Creative Writing MFA programs.
Thorns In Our Hair, But Never a Shroud
Used well, the collective perspective affords the poet a wider voice, a surer sense. The reader feels present in these moments of ruin, trusting even the more fantastical occurrences.