From the Archives: Voices on Addiction: None of This Is Bullshit
I was fine. No one and nothing could hurt me.
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...moreIn particular, Graff’s river is numinous. It’s the center of everything.
...moreIn this lush and raw account, musicians play, voices harmonize and then separate again, town after Alaska town rolls by… and Waterfield searches for home.
...moreAnna Qu discusses her debut memoir, MADE IN CHINA.
...morePik-Shuen Fung discusses her debut novel, GHOST FOREST.
...moreTelevision babysat our family—our thirteen-channel set, reception via a rooftop antenna.
...moreOn the far side of silence, I suspect, is joy.
...moreAshley C. Ford discusses her debut memoir, SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
...moreHe could spin a Spalding between those eight digits faster and smoother than anyone.
...moreBy the time the television cameras arrive, the rest of the world may be surprised, but we’re not.
...moreIt hadn’t felt like teasing. It felt the way it always did these days—that I had disappointed her.
...moreThe inherited wounds cut so deep one wonders if they can ever be fully healed.
...moreTranscendent Kingdom becomes an experiment in itself.
...moreIn short, lightness is the capacity to leave without regret.
...moreBryan Washington discusses his new novel, MEMORIAL.
...moreAround here, we don’t waste meat, and we don’t waste life.
...moreMore than a longing for an origin story, Hernandez Castillo’s memoir is an attempt to bring the invisible to light.
...moreEmpathy and forgiveness must begin with understanding.
...moreI’d love to prove that I can sell windows.
...moreHer heartbeat is a history folded into a vessel.
...moreI don’t believe in redemption stories.
...moreThat’s how I felt again, then: a child suddenly fallen, helpless. Unable even to breathe.
...moreI create myself, raise myself. I am mine.
...moreI didn’t want to be edited in that way. I needed to tell my story.
...moreJason Diamond discusses his memoir Searching for John Hughes, confronting his childhood abuse, avoiding his parents, and writing about all of it.
...moreI wanted more time with him, but I didn’t want to hope. Too much hope will mess you up.
...moreAsali Solomon discusses her debut novel, Disgruntled, narrative structure, the mythology of memory and place, and returning to Philadelphia after years away.
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