Time Is Precious: A Conversation with Clifford Thompson
Clifford Thompson discusses his work and art-making.
...moreClifford Thompson discusses his work and art-making.
...moreThere is no finality to this grief. Only a series of losses, compounded.
...moreEnzo Silon Surin discusses his debut poetry collection, WHEN MY BODY WAS A CLINCHED FIST.
...moreTara Campbell discusses her new book, POLITICAL AF: A RAGE COLLECTION.
...moreBilly-Ray Belcourt discusses his new book, A HISTORY OF MY BRIEF BODY.
...moreA Black boy, no matter how young, was not a child. He was a future criminal.
...moreNatalia Hero discusses her debut novella, HUM.
...more“Everything in my life is basically a scribble.”
...moreThe rage and frustration overwhelmed all rational thought.
...moreI want to respond from my heart—not my anger, my judgment, my desire.
...moreThis isn’t a book about loss; rather, it’s a book about sheer willpower and intentionality.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreI see the birds. I feel my body, splitting from its spirit, lying in the grass.
...moreTatyana Fazlalizadeh discusses her new book, STOP TELLING WOMEN TO SMILE.
...moreMiranda Popkey discusses her debut novel, TOPICS OF CONVERSATION.
...moreFor many years, I tried to civilize myself.
...moreThe root of these imagined, monstrous versions of women, Doyle argues, is fear.
...moreLilly Dancyger discusses BURN IT DOWN: WOMEN WRITING ABOUT ANGER.
...moreDani Burlison discusses ALL OF ME: STORIES OF LOVE, ANGER, AND THE FEMALE BODY.
...moreI don’t believe in redemption stories.
...moreThis is how to be sick, or hurt: give up on fast time.
...moreWhere do I get what I need when I have nothing left?
...moreGolnaz Hashemzadeh Bonde discusses her second novel, WHAT WE OWE.
...moreI want to speak, but I don’t know what to say to you, so here’s a bloom.
...moreJoan wants down. She says her arms are tired of holding on.
...moreJenny Valentish discusses her memoir, WOMEN OF SUBSTANCES.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreThe important thing to remember when climbing a pole, a rope, a mountain is to not look down.
...moreI’ve worked through the pain, and made something useful and creative out of it.
...moreAs May moves through what she now calls her “postpartum challenge,” she does not return to her old self, but instead becomes someone new.
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