Rumpus Exclusive: “Dear G.B.”
There are many ways to be ripped to shreds.
...moreThere are many ways to be ripped to shreds.
...moreIf you’re going to Hell, bring a good guide.
...moreI was fine. No one and nothing could hurt me.
...moreYou could say that I have trained for this pandemic all my life.
...moreThere is no finality to this grief. Only a series of losses, compounded.
...moreErica C. Barnett discusses her debut memoir, QUITTER.
...moreDrunk women are targets. Drunk men can be anything.
...moreMy sobriety is still a mystery to me. Forty years this December.
...moreMy family rarely throws the word addiction around. If we do, it is whispered.
...moreMaking it to thirty seems unimaginable, yet it happens anyway.
...moreEmily Arnason Casey discusses her debut essay collection, MADE HOLY.
...moreDrinking is the opposite of staying.
...moreFind and replace. Food for alcohol. Daughter for dad.
...moreAmber van de Bunt discusses her debut memoir, OVERCOME.
...moreIt really was art imitating life imitating art imitating life.
...moreWhy was he so broken? And why did his broken make me feel broken, too?
...moreOut here on the balcony, perched three stories above the ground, we’re in her world.
...moreBut we can make choices if we want to live. I believe that.
...moreLilliam Rivera discusses her new novel, DEALING IN DREAMS.
...moreThat’s how I felt again, then: a child suddenly fallen, helpless. Unable even to breathe.
...more“Stories have a power science doesn’t.”
...moreI trust, nowadays. I have to keep at it
...moreThis world doesn’t have to like me. But it does have to reckon with me, with my humanity.
...moreThe truth is different. The truth is always different.
...moreKristi Coulter discusses her debut essay collection, NOTHING GOOD CAN COME FROM THIS.
...moreTina Alexis Allen discusses her memoir, HIDING OUT.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreIntellectually, I know Gracie’s mom loves her and needs help. In practice, I just want my daughter safe.
...moreBen Gwin discusses his debut novel, Clean Time: The True Story of Ronald Regan Middleton, the book’s unique structure, and writing satire.
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