Read Allyson McCabe Music Rumpus Original Wanted/Needed/Loved: Ira Kaplan’s Favorite Pit Stops Allyson McCabe and Esme BlegvadMay 10, 2018 To pull into a rest area and get a bag of KFC or McDonald’s or whatever is kind of soul crushing, or at least it is for us.Read
Read Fiction Rumpus Original Rumpus Original Fiction: RememberYou Claire Miye StanfordMay 9, 2018 They had begun studying memory hoping to find a cure for Alzheimer’s, the doctor explains. But instead, they found other results.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Like Juggling Knives: Talking with Rumaan Alam Elon GreenMay 9, 2018 Rumaan Alam discusses his new novel, That Kind of Mother, the limits of the employer-employee relationship, and the grossness of heterosexual sex.Read
Read ENOUGH Politics Rumpus Original Sex ENOUGH: The Type of Boy You Were Taught to Want The RumpusMay 8, 2018 A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.Read
Read Rumpus Original Dead Name Patricia ParkinsonMay 8, 2018 In the Parenting Transgender Children support groups I belong to on Facebook, we refer to our previous-gendered child’s birth name as Dead Name.Read
Read Rumpus Original Sex Mom Vagina Maggie KimMay 7, 2018 When the physical therapist explains the electric dildo she holds in her hand will reset the nerve endings in my vagina so I won’t need to pee every hour, I say, “Get it in me and let’s go.” Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original The Outsider: A Conversation with Michelle Tea Nikki DarlingMay 7, 2018 Michelle Tea discusses her forthcoming collection, Against Memoir, out tomorrow from Amethyst Editions/The Feminist Press.Read
Read Humor Rumpus Original What to Read When What to Read When You Want to Read Funny Women The RumpusMay 4, 2018 Sometimes the truth hurts. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have to hear it, and all the better if we can couch those painful truths amid laughter.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original These Places Surround Me: Talking with Quintan Ana Wikswo Sara RauchMay 4, 2018 Quintan Ana Wikswo discusses her novel, A Long Curving Scar Where the Heart Should Be, delving into the facets of trauma, and her creative processes.Read
Read Rumpus Original On Birds, Cats, and Children Kyoko MoriMay 3, 2018 My devotion to the cats was not an imitation of human motherhood. To confuse the two, I thought, was an insult to both.Read
Read Poems Poetry Rumpus Original Rumpus Original Poetry: Four Poems by Sumita Chakraborty Sumita ChakrabortyMay 3, 2018 I have not been able to build the etymology of love. / The word, in its weight, is an eclipse.Read
Read Rumpus Original R.I.P.: Labor In, Labor Out Lee MataloneMay 2, 2018 Being reminded of your mortality on a constant basis makes your life so much better.Read