Read Fiction Rumpus Original From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: Forty-Six Amy NeswaldSeptember 5, 2022 Waiting to turn forty-six is like standing in the unrelenting sunshine.Read
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Read Politics The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #32: Make the Soup Charles KrugerJune 9, 2017 I am meditating. In a room in Rodeo, at the rickety old secretary/dresser I use as a desk. It is by a window. I look out at the roadway, and…Read
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Read Rumpus Original The Healing Magic of Baseball Gina BednarzJune 22, 2016 In that favorite summer of my memory, Mom is perched on the edge of the rickety folding chair in box seats that the team manager reserved for us.Read
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Other Happy Birthday Mr. Poe! Ashley PerezJanuary 17, 2014 In honor of Edgar Allan Poe’s upcoming birthday on January 19th, the folks over at the Huffington Post are wondering if the famous “Poe Toaster” will make his annual appearance…Read