Read Essays Rumpus Original From the Archive: The Dark All Around Us Ryan McDonaldFebruary 24, 2022 There is still light in the dark. This is the paradox that Little Bear has to accept in order to fall asleep.Read
Read Rumpus Original Voices on Addiction Voices on Addiction: Vessel Hillary LeftwichNovember 15, 2021 We both can disappear in our own ways, can't we?Read
Read Fiction Rumpus Original Rumpus Original Fiction: Barong E. P. TuazonJuly 28, 2021 Appearance aside, my boss took his work seriously.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Hope Past the Page: A Conversation with Matthew Clark Davison Celeste ChanJune 14, 2021 Matthew Clark Davison discusses his debut novel, DOUBTING THOMAS.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Uncollapsing Memory: A Conversation with Vince Granata Mary SouthJune 4, 2021 Vince Granata discusses his debut memoir, EVERYTHING IS FINE.Read
Read Rumpus Original Voices on Addiction Voices on Addiction: Fallen Nicole R. ZimmermanSeptember 22, 2020 There is no finality to this grief. Only a series of losses, compounded.Read
Read Rumpus Original Voices on Addiction Voices on Addiction: Primary Source Jennie BurkeJuly 14, 2020 Anything we write now is a primary source.Read
Read Rumpus Original Father Time Is Undefeated Chris AmesFebruary 25, 2020 It’s a strange thing, seeing a reliable machine fail. Seeing a hero crash to earth.Read
Read Rumpus Original Voices on Addiction Voices on Addiction: The Opposite of Hallelujah Hannah HindleyJanuary 21, 2020 When I imagine his days, the loneliness of it all makes my chest tighten.Read
Read Fiction Rumpus Original Rumpus Original Fiction: The Basement Adrienne CeltOctober 17, 2018 Looking back, it feels like I knew.Read
Read Rumpus Original Hindsight Gerri Ravyn StanfieldApril 2, 2018 The morning snow turns to slush. I put on my glasses, but nothing seems clearer. I am hindsighted.Read
Read Rumpus Original TORCH TORCH: The Reunion Natasha Riddle RomeroMarch 22, 2018 He was and still is a stranger, uninhabitable and distant like a whisper in a language I don't quite understand.Read