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That cafe smelled like fresh-baked bread and cookies, and the baristas were all women with warm, soft hands who called everyone — the Senator, the mothers, the babies, the businessmen — Honey. So many baristas would have called you Honey, David. And swayed along with you when they played Perfume Genius during the slow hours. The day after someone […]
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The words blur, become meaningless. You need them to be meaningless.
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Nothing is not right. There is no indication there has ever been a house.
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In a lot of ways, I kind of gave up on my body.
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As long as I could feel, I was going to get high.
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James Hornor discusses his new novel, VICTORIA FALLS.
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Colonies. Communities. Our children are collapsing.
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“If you can’t really tell the whole story in five thousand words, are you really a writer?”
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A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Quintan Ana Wikswo discusses her novel, A Long Curving Scar Where the Heart Should Be, delving into the facets of trauma, and her creative processes.
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A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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I don’t remember when [my brother] ran away; I just remember him being gone more often than not.
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I do the best I can to reach out to those I see isolated or disturbed, but I have to also be careful I don’t make myself a target.
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A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Today is not the day I can eat like a normal person and not tomorrow either. But maybe the day after that or the next one after.
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Daniel Olivas discusses his recent short story collection, The King of Lighting Fixtures, writing humor, and the role of religion in his work.
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America: land where anything can and does happen. Doors blow open by magic when you step on a rubber mat.
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I’m not here to wallow in what feels like our new dystopia, no. Me? I am here, to rest up before the next bout. I am here to watch The Price Is Right and make friends.
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The co-founders of SafeBAE discuss the challenges and victories of teaching students about rape culture, consent, and anti-bullying.
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It’s not coincidental, I think, that most of the secular and sacred saints we venerate now went charging against the grain of the Municipal We.
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All the cruelty of the past seasons washed away with the new layer of snow. I thought your streak was over. I thought we could be friends.
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I’m not sure how it happened, but I’ve ventured beyond what I came to see. The end of the road, the limitless sky—I still haven’t found our prairie.
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The threat of perfunctory conversation looms. Raza reaches for his headphones, but it is too late. The man is already talking to him.
...moreHe loves me, he loves me not: science fiction’s relationship with L. Ron Hubbard. Babies will stop the bullies! The key to reckoning with climate change and nuclear bombs? Stories.
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In a world in which it is okay for our president to mock a man with disabilities, we might well never see again the ultimately beautiful sight of a classroom of children disowning their own cruelty, choosing to be on the side of decency and care.
...moreDolly Parton, pop culture’s resident “Book Lady,” has written a children’s book based off of one of her hits, “Coat of Many Colors.” The book is to be released on October 18, Robyn Collins for Radio.com reports. Coat of Many Colors will describe the story of a young Dolly who struggles with classism and bullying; […]
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I didn’t usually consider how the binge felt. I just ate until I couldn’t eat anymore.
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In my desperate attempts to keep my secret I learned to shut everyone out, to become as closed as a fist.
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