Rumpus Originals
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Where You Want to Be
Art is never just art, and whiteness’ vision of the world doesn’t include me in it.
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We Must Tell Stories: On Time and Water by Andri Snaer Magnason
“This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and we know what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it.”
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Glitter and Tattoos and Campiness: An Interview with Gabe Montesanti
There was a lot of screaming, and it was very visceral and slippery. If I had to describe my childhood in one scene, it would be that one.
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BONUS Member Giveaways, Join NOW!
As I type this, we’re at 149 Rumpus Members, which puts us not-quite a third of the way (29%) toward our June goal of 500. By now (a little more than halfway through June), we were hoping to be a…
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From the Archive: Sketch Book Reviews: How I Became a Tree by Sumana Roy
An illustrated review of Sumana Roy’s new essay collection, HOW I BECAME A TREE!
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From the Archive: What It Is to Be Human: Talking with Ottessa Moshfegh
Ottessa Moshfegh discusses her new novel, MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION.
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From the Archive: The Rumpus Inaugural Poems: Kaveh Akbar
Each day from January 7 to January 20, Rumpus Original Poems will feature poetry written in response to the coming presidential inauguration. Today’s poem is from Kaveh Akbar.
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We Are More: Tehranto
I can’t recall a single time that my father has told me about his journey through the mountains . . . It was just something that I picked up, some truth that I have always carried.
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The Struggles are Entwined: Talking about Nuclear Family with Joseph Han
It takes a certain tenacity to embrace being a stoner. It’s all you want to do sometimes as the daily driver and mode of being.
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From the Archive: What Burns in the Pit
“Things can catch fire even when they let each other go. But we don’t give up. We don’t stop loving them.”
