Read Poems Poetry Rumpus Original Rumpus Original Poetry: 3 Poems by Katie Farris Katie FarrisJanuary 5, 2023 Why bother closing a door / when everyone demands it open?Read
Read ENOUGH Politics Rumpus Original Sex ENOUGH: Thawing a Dream The RumpusMarch 11, 2022 A Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.Read
Read Rumpus Original A Girl-Body Filled with Animals Lee PriceJune 21, 2021 There was nothing in the world I had ever needed to do quite like dance.Read
Read Rumpus Original Old Child Sara MartinDecember 2, 2020 We laughed hard, loudly, in the chemo room. We didn’t have to be good.Read
Read Features & Reviews Poetry Rumpus Original The Hope of Time: Talking with Judith H. Montgomery Mary Christine DeleaNovember 6, 2020 Judith H. Montgomery discusses her latest poetry collection, MERCY.Read
Read Rumpus Original Fool Me Once Amory Rowe SalemOctober 6, 2020 The first time I had my breasts removed was hard. The second time, less so.Read
Read Rumpus Original It’s a Beautiful (Toxic) Life Mary MandevilleMay 6, 2020 My defensiveness has never been what’s saved me.Read
Read Rumpus Original Writing When Your Life Depends on It Katherine MinNovember 6, 2018 Do I want to live, or do I want to write? Sometimes I think it’s that simple.Read
Read Rumpus Original CAN-CER-VIVE Elizabeth Ann ReedOctober 29, 2018 I’ve only had breast cancer once and already I know too much.Read
Read Fiction Rumpus Original Rumpus Original Fiction: The Lacking World Mehdi M. KashaniJune 13, 2018 I acted childishly. But, in my defense, it was childish only if we actually lived in a world where Shakespeare had never existed.Read
Read Features & Reviews Reviews Neon Green by Margaret Wappler Rebecca JohnsJuly 17, 2016 Rebecca Johns reviews Neon Green by Margaret Wappler today in Rumpus Books.Read
Read Rumpus Original Woman of the Earth Maggie PahosMay 17, 2016 I left my family’s home in the US afterward because I didn’t know how to stay in the same place where everything had changed.Read