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The Space Between Vertebrae

  • August Lamm
  • May 24, 2021
My hands grow cold and rigid. In those blue-tinged palms, I can see my future.
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Dancing Separate, Together

  • Russell Janzen
  • June 9, 2020
There’s no eye contact, no touch, no damp embraces.
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This Huge, Colossal Joy: A Conversation with Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison

  • Janet Frishberg
  • June 1, 2020
Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison discuss their work.
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The Body Uncanny: Verge by Lidia Yuknavitch

  • Josh Vigil
  • February 26, 2020
Though the stories vary in length and scope, each cuts deep into a truth of humanity.
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The Power of the Crone: Ursula K. Le Guin’s No Time to Spare

  • Jody Keisner
  • February 19, 2020
Sweet, nurturing, platitude-accepting granny Le Guin is not.
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Open Letter to Our Body

  • Yoshiko Iwai
  • June 24, 2019
The only thing I can count on to be there tomorrow is my body. And yours.
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Palehound’s Special Skateboard

  • Allyson McCabe and Esme Blegvad
  • June 20, 2019
In a lot of ways, I kind of gave up on my body.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Coyote on Holy Mesa”

  • Quintan Ana Wikswo
  • March 19, 2019
I have come to the desert in search of bones.
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Transformations: A Conversation with Genevieve Hudson

  • Daniel J. Cecil
  • December 19, 2018
Genevieve Hudson discusses her debut story collection, PRETEND WE LIVE HERE.
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Form as Container: Samantha Zighelboim’s The Fat Sonnets

  • Molly Fisk
  • September 14, 2018
Zighelboim almost has to break the form into pieces in order to speak; a fourteen-word poem is really only the echo of a sonnet.
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(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Brighde Moffat

  • Brighde Moffat
  • April 26, 2018
If there is going to be pain, let it be by choice.
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The Text Is My Body: A Conversation with Gabrielle Civil

  • Raj Chakrapani
  • February 7, 2018
Performance artist and poet Gabrielle Civil discusses her book, Swallow the Fish, how technology has shaped reactions to female nudity, and the importance of risking change.
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