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From the Archive: The Rumpus Interview with Jade Sharma

  • Catherine Cusick
  • May 20, 2022
Jade Sharma discusses her first novel Problems, the complicated feelings that came with debuting to rave reviews, and her writing and editing processes.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: On Sight

  • Brian Lin
  • October 13, 2021
You stood and put your hair up. It made you a different man. You got hard and decided you were why.
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Best Friends

  • Tshego Letsoalo
  • October 6, 2021
“Speaking English so well” seemed to be the key to open many doors.
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Felt Space

  • Lee Anderson
  • September 23, 2021
If I were to stare into a mirror, I’m not sure I would see anything back.
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Tracing the Wolf

  • Maggie Levantovskaya
  • September 16, 2021
To brand myself with something I feared and sought to subdue seemed like a reclamation.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Soft Butch”

  • Nora E. Derrington
  • May 10, 2021
For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be strong, to be tough. I didn’t want to be soft.
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Encouraging Messiness: A Conversation with Melissa Broder

  • Greg Mania
  • March 8, 2021
Melissa Broder discusses her new novel, MILK FED.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Forsyth Harmon

  • Sarah Perry
  • March 4, 2021
“Yes: in terms of an authorial presence, I tried to tread lightly.”
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Divestment

  • Magin LaSov Gregg
  • October 20, 2020
Secrecy stitched us a fraudulent reality. Denial masqueraded as hope.
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Fool Me Once

  • Amory Rowe Salem
  • October 6, 2020
The first time I had my breasts removed was hard. The second time, less so.
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Milked

  • Veena Dinavahi
  • August 4, 2020
I mourn for my body, for the toll the world has taken on it.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Brave Is a Decision”

  • Alden Jones
  • July 13, 2020
I’d crossed a line and owned a new secret life. There was no going back.
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