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Read Rumpus Original Sex The Psychiatrist and the Butch Shoshana RaphaelFebruary 1, 2021 My dad, a psychiatrist, wants to write a sex book.Read
Read Features & Reviews Reviews The Fluidity of Language and Identity: Melissa Faliveno’s Tomboyland Melinda CoppDecember 30, 2020 When was the first time you remember seeing yourself in a book you were reading?Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original A Chorus of Voices: Talking with Melissa Faliveno Leah SchnelbachNovember 16, 2020 Melissa Faliveno discusses her debut essay collection, TOMBOYLAND.Read
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Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original The Spot You’re Standing In: A Conversation with Chris Dennis Emily RobbinsNovember 13, 2019 Chris Dennis discusses his debut story collection, HERE IS WHAT YOU DO.Read
Read Features & Reviews Reprint Rumpus Exclusive: “Field Medicine” Claire Rudy FosterOctober 7, 2019 I didn’t belong on this planet. This kind of place could not be my home.Read
Read Music Rumpus Original Sex The Mania of Queer Desire: In Praise of Fever Ray’s Plunge Logan FebruaryAugust 29, 2019 I remember driving a bird mad once.Read
Read Features & Reviews Mini-Interviews Sex The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #169: Saskia Vogel Brian GreskoMarch 28, 2019 “Understanding that you can have what you desire can be healing and transformative.”Read
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Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Sex Sharp and Twisty and Complicated: Talking with Melanie Abrams Eric LongfellowAugust 17, 2018 Melanie Abrams discusses her debut novel, PLAYING, and a forthcoming novel, MEADOWLARK.Read