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Rumpus Exclusive: “Lover to Lover”

  • Katharine Coldiron
  • February 3, 2020
It’s the atmosphere. The temperature. What lies between thee and me.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “We Were Alive”

  • Gayle Brandeis
  • January 27, 2020
They say she bathed in our blood.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “The Factory Is Anointed”

  • Dave Housley
  • January 13, 2020
He wonders at how fast it all changed.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Call It Courage”

  • Colin Hamilton
  • November 4, 2019
She was living in little shack balanced among the branches of a tree.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “The Hunger”

  • Lisa Lim
  • October 21, 2019
White Castle or McDonald’s? Death always made her hungry.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Field Medicine”

  • Claire Rudy Foster
  • October 7, 2019
I didn’t belong on this planet. This kind of place could not be my home.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Journalists Invade Former Soviet Union”

  • Katya Cengel
  • September 30, 2019
The missionaries seemed concerned. I figured it was too late for that.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Some Poetry about Socialism”

  • J. Kasper Kramer
  • September 23, 2019
My stomach fluttered. My cheeks flushed. They never said no.
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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal and Excerpt from Home Making

  • Lee Matalone
  • September 16, 2019
An exclusive cover reveal + excerpt from Lee Matalone's debut, HOME MAKING.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Pirate Radio, Like Desire”

  • Melissa Matthewson
  • September 9, 2019
Always I want to be seen. Always to burn.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Bye, Baby”

  • Melissa Febos
  • August 26, 2019
Kimmy’s house is filled with men. Her fridge is full of popsicles and orange cheese.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Dear Miss Lily”

  • Gabrielle Civil
  • July 29, 2019
Your picture pricked and bruised me.
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