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Rumpus Exclusive: “Crumbs of Life”

I understand this impulse to tighten and make resistant.

Silence Is the Fertile Field: Talking with Fenton Johnson

Fenton Johnson discusses his new book, AT THE CENTER OF ALL BEAUTY.

Peering in at Life: A Conversation with Mary South

Mary South discusses her debut story collection, YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.

Marital Piss

My body tightened as the knee-jerk worry of being seen and outed flooded back.

Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Austin Araujo

In my dream, I give you a car to cross / that lonely little kiss of a border.

Rumpus Original Fiction: What Happens to Girls

There is pleasure in his eyes that is not just good acting.

Queer, Magicked Reality: A Conversation with JD Scott

JD Scott discusses their new story collection, MOONFLOWER, NIGHTSHADE, ALL THE HOURS OF THE DAY.

Rumpus Original

Body Inheritance

I needed my beauty to be invisible, either accidental or not at all.

The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Heather McHugh

Heather McHugh discusses her new poetry collection, MUDDY MATTERHORN.

Arrest Record

A Black boy, no matter how young, was not a child. He was a future criminal.

Resistance Against Erasure: Talking with Marianne Chan

Marianne Chan discusses her debut poetry collection, ALL HEATHENS.

Memoir Monday Online: Ortile, Rotondi, Taluson, Trahan

Watch June’s online Memoir Monday reading!

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