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Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original What to Read When What to Read When You Want to Escape the White Gaze GRAFFITI editorsJanuary 3, 2020 Contributors to GRAFFITI share a reading list of books that that don’t consider the white gaze.Read
Read Features & Reviews Poetry Reviews Both Reckoning and Embrace: Dorianne Laux’s Only As The Day Is Long Jeri TheriaultJanuary 3, 2020 As the book continues, [Laux] traces a growing understanding of loss.Read
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Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original A Year in Rumpus Book Reviews The RumpusDecember 30, 2019 A look back at the books we've reviewed in 2019!Read
Read Features & Reviews Poetry Rumpus Original A Time and a Place: Talking with Faylita Hicks Saaret E. YosephDecember 30, 2019 Faylita Hicks discusses her debut poetry collection, HOODWITCH.Read
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