Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Logan Fry
The load can be held aloft just as long / As I’m a quarry.
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ENOUGH: A Timeline of Harassment
I scramble up, smooth my dress, and slap him in the face. Hard. He takes it because he’s a nice Mormon boy.
How to Workshop with White People
Follow these other guidelines to write, workshop, and receive mildly odd to offensive critiques with dignity...
Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Alex Vigue
the floor is lava // the lava is a river / this river does not drown
Voices on Addiction: Gotta Light?
Was he going to show up and tell our parents? What would we say? Would we lie? Would Sarah cry again?
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.
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.