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Rumpus Original Fiction: Chicken

  • Nikki Ervice
  • December 5, 2022
I used my fingers on the neighbor and he liked it.
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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: Mustard Seeds

  • Maggie Tokuda-Hall
  • August 1, 2022
At the end of the week, which was long with sleepless nights, Miri picked her heart out of the kitchen sink, put it in a paper lunch bag, and took it to the witch.
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From the Archive: The Rumpus Interview with Jade Sharma

  • Catherine Cusick
  • May 20, 2022
Jade Sharma discusses her first novel Problems, the complicated feelings that came with debuting to rave reviews, and her writing and editing processes.
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Pine Street

  • Amanda Oliver
  • October 7, 2021
Did you see an animal? Did you see a bird? What did you see when you looked at me?
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Danny”

  • Jen Fawkes
  • August 23, 2021
Allow her to bewitch you as she bewitches all who cross her path.
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In All the History of Wanting

  • Lishani Ramanayake
  • June 9, 2021
For what, after all, is more monstrous than a woman who wants?
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Claiming Our Untold Stories: Talking with Gina Frangello

  • Sophia Stewart
  • April 19, 2021
Gina Frangello discusses her debut memoir, BLOW YOUR HOUSE DOWN.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Dirty Little Secrets”

  • Tiffany Cates
  • January 4, 2021
They were alone, and in his apartment, but not in the way he’d imagined it to be.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Black Talk

  • Diana Veiga
  • December 30, 2020
She wanted more, but couldn’t fathom releasing what she already had.
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Complicating Unhelpful Binaries: Talking with Deesha Philyaw

  • Nia Norris
  • December 16, 2020
Deesha Philyaw discusses her debut story collection, THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
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Voices on Addiction: The Monster’s Matchstick Mistress

  • Sue William Silverman
  • December 15, 2020
I want to see myself as a whole person.
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Trauma as Inheritance: Adam P. Frankel’s The Survivors

  • Diane Gottlieb
  • August 5, 2020
The survivor is left to ponder whom he has become.
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