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O’ Frankenstein: A Resurrection of Manman and Tifi in Catherine-Esther Cowie’s “Heirloom
We begin to wonder how this past might become vivified in our hands. An heirloom might serve this purpose. Or it should. Is an heirloom not typically an item of great value, cherished and preserved to be passed on to…
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The AWP 2026 Flash Fiction Contest Winners
At AWP this year, we held a fun flash fiction contest. Interested writers only had to write a short short story on the back of one of our postcards and turn it in by 5 p.m. on Saturday. For the…
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Notes from the Playground
I am four years old, standing on the playground of the Jewish Community Center where I go to nursery school. My best friend Alice is not here today. Alice is my only friend. She lives in a bigger house than…
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I’m a Freak
It took me too long to take my own suffering seriously. I understood myself to be privileged and felt I had no reason to complain. I was part of a largely white suburban nuclear family (my father is Jewish, of…
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Exciting New Rumpus Initiatives
Debbie Millman and I are thrilled to share some exciting new initiatives we are launching with The Rumpus. Beginning on April 1, 2026, we are increasing our pay rates for work accepted on or after that date. (Sadly, we cannot…
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The Rumpus at AWP 2026
Debbie and I are really excited to meet Rumpus readers, writers and staff at AWP 2026 in Baltimore, from March 4-8th. At the bookfair, you will find us at BOOTH 1240 where you can learn more about The Rumpus, what…
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Harpooning the Self: “Moby-Dick,” Fatphobia, and the Monomaniacal Pursuit of Control
But in our culture, it must be subdued, extracted, and of course sold. Their podcast has saved me in numerous ways these past years. Each morning, driving to my job at a small high school in the deep South, I…
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The First Book: Addie E. Citchens
This book took around 6 months of actual writing time and about 13 years of living and maturing.”
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Something New
Forcing myself, muscling through the mental pain. This is what I remember most of my own recovery. After the brief psychiatric hospitalization at eighteen, I returned for my second freshman semester hell-bent on erasing my failures, erasing the girl I’d…
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The Spurious Glamor of Certain Voids
Don’t we all love looking, Diane Seuss wondered, at dead things?
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What To Read When It’s Dangerous To Be A Girl
Fairy tales and myths are one of the oldest ways to say what’s true. When the news (the world) (the woods) is overwhelming, I reach for stories that seek to tap into that history
