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In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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My Nebraska is Only One Nebraska: Erica Trabold’s Five Plots
Five Plots wades into the enigmatic relationships between family and memory, where truth is seemingly as placid as the Platte River but re-examination causes a re-route.
Above All, Time: A Conversation with Beth Bachmann
Poet Beth Bachmann discusses her new collection, CEASE.
Rumpus Exclusive: “In the Realm of Vanished Beasts”
Our experience has not been curated; we make of it what we want.
Change Ourselves, Change the World: Talking with Lacy M. Johnson
Lacy M. Johnson discusses THE RECKONINGS.
What to Read When You’ve Lost Your Spiritual Flashlight
A go-to list for refreshing, down-to-earth, spot-on spiritual reading.
Hard-Earned, Essential Grace: Anaphora by Kevin Goodan
No elegy is an island and this elegy is no exception.
Smart Girls, Weird Magic: Talking with Kendra Fortmeyer
Kendra Fortmeyer discusses her first novel, HOLE IN THE MIDDLE.
The Queer Syllabus: Rufus: The Bat Who Loved Colors by Tomi Ungerer
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Kristi Coulter
This world doesn’t have to like me. But it does have to reckon with me, with my humanity.
This Peculiar Burden: Wesley Yang’s The Souls of Yellow Folk
Yang boasts an admirable track record in publishing on a variety of subjects, but a highlight reel does not a cohesive collection make.