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We Are More: The Bad Ones

  • Siamak Vossoughi
  • August 17, 2022
"My father says he's sorry about the noise, but he wants you to know that we wouldn't even be here if it wasn't for 1953 and the American overthrow of Iran's democracy."
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Genesis

  • Patricia García Luján
  • August 15, 2022
The speed boat moves fast and Genesis notices Kayla’s hair keeps getting into her eyes. She laughs, as do all the others, who bounce up and down and let out…
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ENOUGH: Survivor Sisterhood

  • Rebecca Houghton
  • August 12, 2022
“We both survived him,” I said.
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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by sam sax

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  • August 11, 2022
how many men have / passed through this room, through my lips?
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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: Footnotes on a love story

  • K-Ming Chang
  • August 8, 2022
Before they were married, they met in a photograph.
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RUMPUS POETRY BOOK CLUB EXCERPT: A FAVORITE ROOM BY CHEN CHEN

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  • August 8, 2022
An excerpt from The Rumpus Poetry Book Club‘s September selection, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced An Emergency by Chen Chen forthcoming from BOA Editions on September 13, 2022 Subscribe by…
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Funny Women: The Adventure of the Mistaken Right Swipe

  • Jen Spyra
  • August 5, 2022
It turns out freelance homicide detective actually is a job, and he’s super good at it.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Frederick Speers

  • Frederick Speers
  • August 4, 2022
suddenly / we & our dream / of humanity are / all the rage / a star or what / passes / for one
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RUMPUS BOOK CLUB EXCERPT: HYSTERIA REBOOT BY ELISSA BASSIST

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  • August 3, 2022
An excerpt from The Rumpus Book Club's September selection, Hysterical by Elissa Bassist
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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: Mustard Seeds

  • Maggie Tokuda-Hall
  • August 1, 2022
At the end of the week, which was long with sleepless nights, Miri picked her heart out of the kitchen sink, put it in a paper lunch bag, and took it to the witch.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Joy Katz

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  • July 28, 2022
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Bloom

  • Nina Sudhakar
  • July 25, 2022
The bloom would not open until we arrived, but it was not waiting for us. It was a matter of timing. Each year in mid-March, the petals uncurled from their fetal sleeping positions, stretched out to face the sun.
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