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Cooped

  • Natalie Ponte
  • February 22, 2021
I picture anxiety as an arrow. I picture it as a mallet.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Dear G.B.”

  • Jessica Lind Peterson
  • January 11, 2021
There are many ways to be ripped to shreds.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: La Yegüita

  • John Manuel Arias
  • September 30, 2020
The hit below the belt worked. A jab like that was the quickest way to protect one’s denial.
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This Off-Kilter Triangle: A Conversation with Leah Hampton

  • Rachel Heng
  • August 26, 2020
Leah Hampton discusses her debut collection, F*CKFACE AND OTHER STORIES.
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On Empathy, Complexity, and Whimsy: Talking with Aimee Nezhukumatathil

  • Adam Willems
  • August 5, 2020
Aimee Nezhukumatathil discusses her new book, WORLD OF WONDERS.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #222: Kathryn Scanlan

  • Abby Walthausen
  • June 18, 2020
“I work slowly, from sentence to sentence, and attempt to stay attuned to opportunity.”
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Radical Enough

  • Louisa Pavlik
  • May 28, 2020
I still wonder what became of all those gentle cows.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Wild Animals

  • Ren Weber
  • May 27, 2020
I searched in its beady eyes and tried to find a motherly warmth.
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It’s a Beautiful (Toxic) Life

  • Mary Mandeville
  • May 6, 2020
My defensiveness has never been what’s saved me.
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On Loss of Land and Loss of Girlhood: Taneum Bambrick’s Vantage

  • Aria Aber
  • May 1, 2020
Girlhood remains, like the land, a constant site of male fascination, desire, and violence.
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For the Love of Dogs: Jennifer Finney Boylan’s Good Boy

  • Tucker Coombe
  • April 8, 2020
In this sense, [the dogs] are a perfect foil for the conflicted young author.
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Soft Parts

  • Sarah Kasbeer
  • March 30, 2020
What appealed to me most about furry culture was how it created a space for softness to be worn on the outside.
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