What to Read When Women’s Bodies Are Under Attack
Rumpus editors share a list of books to read as the fight for reproductive rights intensifies.
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A Rare Bird in the World: Talking with Birute Putrius
Birute Putrius discusses her second novel, THE LAST BOOK SMUGGLER.
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My Blockbuster
Time has put those lovely nostalgia lenses in front of our eyes, and I am not immune.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #95: Omnidirectional
If you love this album as much as I think you’re going to, make sure to tell a friend.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Forty-Six
Waiting to turn forty-six is like standing in the unrelenting sunshine.
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Telling a Good Story: A Conversation with Lisa Lenzo
Lisa Lenzo discusses her new story collection, UNBLINKING.
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ENOUGH: I Think I Wanted It
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Natalie Scenters-Zapico
Natalie Scenters-Zapico discusses her new collection, LIMA :: LIMÓN.
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A Complicated, Shifting Subjectivity: Talking with Franny Choi
Franny Choi discusses her second collection, SOFT SCIENCE.
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What to Read When You Feel Fragmented and Seek Structure
Chelsea Biondolillo shares a reading list in celebration of her debut essay collection, THE SKIN BIRD.
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HORN! REVIEWS: The Mueller Report
My favorite part is the language memorialized…
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The Poem Remembers: A Conversation with David Baker
David Baker discusses SWIFT: NEW & SELECTED POEMS.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Early Drafts of Aphorisms, Adages, Proverbs, and Sayings
When in doubt, revise.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Raena Shirali
The air is writ of ash and sand, though this is no memorial.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Michele Filgate
Michele Filgate discusses WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT.
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Not All of Us Are on Vacation: Talking with Jason Allen
Jason Allen discusses his debut novel, THE EAST END.
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ENOUGH: Tipping Toward Disaster
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Voices on Addiction: Happy Birthday to Me
As long as I could feel, I was going to get high.
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Spotlight: “Girl’s Guide to Personal Hygiene and Cell Decay”
Maybe that’s what we should teach in schools.
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How I Love Her: On Depression and Suicidal Ideation
Maybe the worst part about living with this is that it doesn’t leave me.
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The Mentor Series: Kimberly King Parsons and Victoria Redel
Kimberly King Parsons interviews her mentor, Victoria Redel.
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Little What to Read When
A monthly illustrated What to Read When for the young readers in our lives!
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Doing the Work of Empathy: A Conversation with Marin Sardy
Marin Sardy discusses her debut memoir, THE EDGE OF EVERY DAY: SKETCHES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA.
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Drawing in Circles
Wondering is exhausting.
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Wanted/Need/Loved: Moby’s 30 Rock
It really was art imitating life imitating art imitating life.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Three Flash Fictions by Niyah Morris
The lasso was a gaping mouth that opened wide enough, we hoped, to swallow the cloud.
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The Luxury of Choice: Talking with Joanne Ramos
Joanne Ramos discusses her debut novel, THE FARM.
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ENOUGH: Beneath the Towering Pines
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Closing Nazareth: On Shelter
We stood with the open-handed absence which finally allowed for a telling.
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The Thread: The Stories We’ve Been Told
It’s just their story, and we don’t have to believe a word of it.
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