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  • Thebes

    Thebes

    The tragedy of a mentally ill mind or a richly realized fantasy is that its world exists only for its inventor. It is the loneliest party, the most isolating game.

  • The Rumpus Interview with Susanne Paola Antonetta

    The Rumpus Interview with Susanne Paola Antonetta

    Poet and memoirist Susanne Paola Antonetta discusses literary bias, feminism, and the origin of her nom de plume.

  • Paper Birds

    Paper Birds

    Clearing those pages plain, I’d make time fall away and distance shorten impossibly, fold upon fold, until the page was no longer a record of our histories but an origami swan.

  • Weekend Rumpus Roundup

    In “Hunting For The Little Prince,” Sigal Samuel invites us to tag along as she pursues the real-life inspiration for the blonde-haired protagonist of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s famous children’s book. No spoilers, but this particular missing person search ends happily.…

  • The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Crazy

    The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Crazy

    “We live in a culture where it can seem like everyone wants to be troubled. Nobody wants to be crazy…The story arc of mental illness does not conform to the redemption tale.”