ENOUGH: On Junot Díaz, from a Survivor
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Why I Chose Terrance Hayes’s American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
Here's what we're reading in our Poetry Book Club next month!
The Thread: Goddesses and Monsters
Let’s take the women in our lives, and the women who came before us, off the pedestals but also, out of the graves of irrelevancy.
The Depths We Don’t Have Words For: Sally Bliumis-Dunn’s Echolocation
[R]eading these poems feels like looking down into deep water, being able to see only so far and no farther.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #135: Patrick Nathan
"I wanted to make these characters much more complex than the individual boxes we normally see."
Wanted/Needed/Loved: Ira Kaplan’s Favorite Pit Stops
To pull into a rest area and get a bag of KFC or McDonald’s or whatever is kind of soul crushing, or at least it is for us.
Rumpus Original Fiction: RememberYou
They had begun studying memory hoping to find a cure for Alzheimer’s, the doctor explains. But instead, they found other results.
ENOUGH: The Type of Boy You Were Taught to Want
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
A Truer, More Holistic Understanding of Ourselves
What myths or distortions have you been told about your own family?
Both Insider and Outsider: Victoria Chang’s Barbie Chang
Barbie Chang is an intelligent, lively portrayal of the pressures on contemporary women (especially mothers), and a breathlessly entertaining read.