A Poetics of Witness: Jeddie Sophronius’s Interrogation Records
Sophronius writes from an awareness of Chinese Indonesian marginality, yet the pulse of the collection’s counternarrative coheres around an Indonesian national identity.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: I Couldn’t Say It Was Tuesday
“You need to watch the news. Aren’t you interested in the world? Very important to know what’s going on in the world.”
Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Gabrielle Spear
"'Words matter. They have the power to kill.'"
Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Zain Aslam
On the train home, I / fell asleep and missed my stop. / The face I saw in my dream / belonged to the watch I wear.
Voices on Addiction: Dodging Rocks
I was also told that Sophie’s first words as she was tackled by police and hit the cold, hard linoleum of the PO’s office were, “Tell Dad I’m sorry."
Rumpus Original Fiction: Three Flash Stories by Walker Rutter-Bowman
I could almost taste a wave, see the little crabs escape the surf. A woman screamed in a good way, for the good things.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Saba Keramati
My heart sinks before I mean it to. / The disappointment I know is wrong.
Echoes in the Gallery: Andy Young’s Museum of the Soon to Depart
...Young transforms these cities into an enigmatic museum, with galleries that reach back through time to the very essence of dust.
ENOUGH: Our Father
"We believe that the real number—of children whose records were lost, or who were afraid ever to come forward—is in the thousands."
Rumpus Original Fiction: Organ Donor
“How did you decide to make this donation?” the reporter asked.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Paul Hlava Ceballos
Ay chiquitín, I think but do not say— / the language and tone feel / of another world.
One Can Be Alive Again: Madeleine Cravens’s Pleasure Principle
Cravens’s reliance on and loyalty to the image become a propulsive, vibrating force—this is a poetics of presence, of that which is tangible....