Playing Whack-a-Mole: Talking with Leslie Pietrzyk
Leslie Pietrzyk discusses her new novel, Silver Girl, writing a nonlinear narrative, and depicting female friendships in new ways.
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ENOUGH: Cowards Love the Dark
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
The Thread: Volcanoes
Is there a relationship between the violence that came through me, and the violence that came at me?
R.I.P.: A Mortician’s Tale
[W]hat could possibly be more cleansing than accepting that death is an unremarkable part of life?
Just Doing It: A Conversation with Daniel Ortberg
Mallory Ortberg discusses their new book, The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror, what it means to be a self-taught writer, and questioning gender.
Strong Island’s Horizon
Whose lives are visible? Whose pain is just? Whose grief is vocal? Such inquiry is not rhetorical.
Messy and Complicated and Real: Talking with Laura Pritchett
Author Laura Pritchett discusses her two most recent books, death, sex, and being rural in modern America.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers
& suddenly we seemed to know nothing // but the evaporating world, / not one of us fit // to last.
Songs of Our Lives: Jim Carroll’s “People Who Died”
All around me were strangers. All around me were friends. A dark glittering sea of fists. What a terrible, wonderful thing, to be welcomed into this fellowship at last.
Identity Theft
In the past year, the writing process has become, for me, a way to navigate between the present and the past, between what I have access to and what I will never know.
Making Sense of the World: A Conversation with Dessa
Dessa discusses her recently released album, Chime, where she stands on the intersection of poetry and performance, and self-care for busy artists.