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The Aesthetics of Safety

  • Freda Epum
  • December 14, 2021
I find beauty in being protected from danger.
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Becoming American in the Age of Trump

  • Ofelia Montelongo
  • December 13, 2021
How does one come to feel American in the eyes of others?
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We Do What We Can: A Conversation with Ryka Aoki

  • Maylin Tu
  • December 13, 2021
Ryka Aoki discusses her second novel, LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS.
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What to Read When 2022 Is Just Around the Corner

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  • December 10, 2021
Books releasing in the first half of 2022 that we can’t wait to read!
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Art, Love, and Resistance in 1940s Europe: Talking with Meg Waite Clayton

  • Lucy Jane Bledsoe
  • December 10, 2021
Meg Waite Clayton discusses her new novel, THE POSTMISTRESS OF PARIS.
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Tend

  • Ayla Samli
  • December 9, 2021
Tending has a thickness to it—it entails attention, time, and something like sacrifice.
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Three Poems by Jireh Deng

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  • December 9, 2021
The ancient sapien instinct: love is an approximation to danger.
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Turning the Lights On

  • Tyler Anne Whichard
  • December 8, 2021
I feel guilt in the not good enough I carry alongside the not bad enough.
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A Generational Story Not Being Told: Talking with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

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  • December 8, 2021
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore discusses BETWEEN CERTAIN DEATH AND A POSSIBLE FUTURE.
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ENOUGH: Fury

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  • December 7, 2021
A Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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This Week in Indie Bookstores

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  • December 7, 2021
Indie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
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Picasso Shares His Screen

  • Paul Anderson
  • December 6, 2021
The faces of the students appeared one by one, both there and not.
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