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My Kyiv

  • Dewaine Farria
  • May 4, 2020
It’s funny what ends up feeling like home.
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Objectivity Is My Enemy: A Conversation with Dave Cullen

  • Karen Auvinen
  • April 19, 2019
Dave Cullen discusses his new book, PARKLAND: BIRTH OF A MOVEMENT.
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War Games: Kill Class by Nomi Stone

  • Molly Spencer
  • March 15, 2019
What happens when we play along with something not real—does it become real?
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Voices on Addiction: Flight Patterns

  • Tessa Torgeson
  • October 22, 2018
There was no map, no compass. Just me, the needle, and heroin.
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ENOUGH: Whose Shame Is It, Anyway?

  • The Rumpus
  • August 28, 2018
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Scars of War: Watching Battle of the Sexes

  • Laura Laing
  • October 24, 2017
Until recently, coming out was almost always dangerous—not only to our careers and our relationships but also to our bodies. And so hiding was (and sometimes still is) a necessity.
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Wisdom Is a Double-Edged Sword: Talking with Jay Baron Nicorvo

  • Beverly Parayno
  • August 21, 2017
Jay Baron Nicorvo discusses his debut novel, The Standard Grand, how easy it is for civilians to forget about soldiers and veterans, and his longstanding love of animals.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Barbecue

  • Aiden Arata
  • July 19, 2017
Up close, the beach was disgusting and tragic. A million tiny pieces of plastic were heaped on the shore like confetti from a hundred parades, or like the real sand on the beach threw up.
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Womanly Arts

  • D.M. Moehrle
  • January 17, 2017
This is the hearth. This is the knot. This is home. The woman bent over a sewing machine, the steady hum of the motor, the needle rising and sinking.
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Sand Becoming Glass

  • Summer Steele
  • January 4, 2017
You can call a soldier a hero or a murderer. You can call them a warrior or a monster. You can call them savior or Satan. You could call them Brother. Maybe even mother.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Wa

  • Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr.
  • December 24, 2016
It’s about greed; it’s about taking only the best part of things, the cream off the top, the fat. And this taking of the fat has reached a crisis point in America—a critical mass, if you will.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Rhino Girl

  • Taylor Brown
  • June 24, 2016
But these were not men, she realized. They were a cackle of spotted hyena, bright-toothed in the dark, and they were laughing at her.
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