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Having a Female Orgasm During the Trump Administration

  • Rachel Yoder
  • May 28, 2018
"I am wondering if politics affect your sex life."
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The Ritual

  • Rona Fernandez
  • May 28, 2018
It’s not easy being the mother of a dead child. In fact, it may be the hardest kind of mothering there is.
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Creating New Possibilities: Talking with Nato Green

  • Anthony S. Carter
  • May 28, 2018
Comedian Nato Green discusses performing political standup, revolutionaries, and the way forward for tired capital-L Leftists.
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The NFL and Compulsory Patriotism

  • Abigail G. H. Manzella
  • May 26, 2018
A piece of cloth is not being disrespected, but many black Americans are being disrespected, and killed.
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What to Read When They Won’t Take the Guns Away

  • The Rumpus
  • May 25, 2018
We offer these reading suggestions as a starting point, but know that real change must take place off the page.
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The Real People: A Conversation with Rebecca Makkai

  • Chelsea Voulgares
  • May 25, 2018
Rebecca Makkai discusses her forthcoming third novel, The Great Believers, how she arrived at the book’s structure, and the story and its characters.
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My Son’s Tutu

  • Allyson McCabe
  • May 24, 2018
The thing I’ve learned about kids is that you only ever get a glimpse of the grown-up people they’ll become.
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Voices on Addiction: Spontaneous Combustion

  • Eaton Hamilton
  • May 24, 2018
I remember hunger the way other children remember love.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #86: Transcendentalism!

  • Rick Moody
  • May 24, 2018
The point is not to control the medium, the point is to interact with the medium, to find out what’s natural to it and what’s native to it and work with that, respond to that.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: She Hated the Child

  • James Tadd Adcox
  • May 23, 2018
She didn’t want anything to change. She understood it would be easier if she loved the child. But she did not want to love it.
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Letting Go of What We Love: Talking with Rachel Heng

  • Kristen Iskandrian
  • May 23, 2018
Rachel Heng discusses her debut novel, Suicide Club, the book's genesis, her writing and reading life, and her thoughts on “wellness.”
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ENOUGH: I’m Always Surprised When They Find Me

  • The Rumpus
  • May 22, 2018
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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