babies

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Rumpus Original Fiction: Being the Baby’s Heart

• Carly Rae Zent
• October 27, 2021

I took a deep breath. A long one. And I started rocking again.

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On Baby Fever

• Krys Malcolm Belc
• September 13, 2021

I want to ask Anna for a map of desirability. Where was I before, where was I pregnant, where am I now?

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Paying in Time

• Sarah Jaffe
• June 29, 2021

The contempt the place exuded for the people inside it felt physical, hanging in the air like humidity.

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Spotlight: “Everyone Wants to Know”

• Maddy Buck
• May 18, 2021

So where are you guys on the baby front?

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Winter Baby

• Marissa Landrigan
• December 21, 2020

Something new in the dead darkness. Short days and shimmers of light.

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Losing the World

• Amanda Montei
• June 16, 2020

When we begin life, language is play.

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Spotlight: “Maiden Name”

• Lauren Kaelin
• May 10, 2020

Some reflections on my first Mother’s Day.

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Imagine a River of Milk

• Rebekah Denison Hewitt
• December 12, 2019

What does a newborn’s swallow sound like?

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The Crack-Up

• Bethany Maile
• October 31, 2019

If I slept... All night, I stayed awake.

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How to Name Dead Babies

• Susanna Childress
• June 17, 2019

Let’s not pretend first means there’s a good place to start.

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Dispatches from the Swamp: How to Sleep-Train Your Lawmakers

• Samuel Ashworth
• January 14, 2019

This time? This time we decided to sleep-train the baby.

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Rumpus Original Fiction: New Hallways, New Doors

• Alison Wisdom
• August 29, 2018

Now it is nearly fall, and the baby is small and pink.

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