From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Emergency Lifeboats: 24 (12 on Each Side)
“What’s a six-letter word for ignoring truth,” she might say, without looking up from the puzzle.
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Join NOW!“What’s a six-letter word for ignoring truth,” she might say, without looking up from the puzzle.
...moreThe important thing to remember when climbing a pole, a rope, a mountain is to not look down.
...moreDid you see an animal? Did you see a bird? What did you see when you looked at me?
...moreThere is nothing I want more than a happy ending.
...moreAmy Feltman discusses her debut novel, WILLA & HESPER.
...moreDidn’t he see what I saw: how a person could survive the unthinkable and still be broken by something as soft and uncertain as loneliness?
...moreThe point is not to lose yourself to that landscape, and to not become fearful of new landscapes.
...moreThe end is always tragic. I’d known that from the start. What kind of sucker would expect to hold on to a girl named Misty Hayes?
...moreFirst, Julie Marie Wade reviews the “solar system” of Kimberly Burwick’s poetry collection, Good Night Brother. The son—or “sun”—in the title “burns everyone and everything it touches.” He/it “has gone the way of the supernova.” This lovable, yet hard-to-love character seduces the reader with the promise of the ineffable. Then, in the Saturday Interview, blogger […]
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