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ENOUGH: Tracing the Sheets

  • Kozbi Simmons
  • April 14, 2023
He lived in the house behind us. We lived in a duplex on Second Street in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania—a small town. I always thought it was the hugest, coolest house ever.…
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From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Even the Moon

  • Esmé-Michelle Watkins
  • March 13, 2023
When you finished, several minutes passed before we spoke. You dipped a finger in a pool of candle wax. How could I know this was the only real secret you’d ever kept?
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From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Lunch Money

  • Gabrielle Rucker
  • February 20, 2023
Out here on the balcony, perched three stories above the ground, we’re in her world.
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From the Archive: Explicit Violence

  • Lidia Yuknavitch
  • June 28, 2022
Afterward, there was dead silence in the kitchen. I know because I held my breath. Even air molecules seemed to still.
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Defying Gravity: Ryka Aoki’s Light from Uncommon Stars

  • Krithika Sukumar
  • January 18, 2022
This book is disarmingly—in fact, unnervingly—amoral.
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Life as a Series of Small Gestures: Talking with Jennifer Fliss

  • Ruth LeFaive
  • December 15, 2021
Jennifer Fliss discusses her debut story collection, THE PREDATORY ANIMAL BALL.
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ENOUGH: The Boogeyman

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  • November 22, 2021
A Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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A Transcendent Wilderness: Andrew J. Graff’s Raft of Stars

  • David Grandouiller
  • September 8, 2021
In particular, Graff’s river is numinous. It’s the center of everything.
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ENOUGH: Beauty in Bruising

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  • August 17, 2021
A Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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ENOUGH: The Color of the Cast

  • The Rumpus
  • August 10, 2021
A Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Reinventing the Truth: A Conversation with Anna Qu

  • Megan Vered
  • August 4, 2021
Anna Qu discusses her debut memoir, MADE IN CHINA.
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Child as Mother to the Woman: Catherine Gammon’s China Blue

  • Geri Lipschultz
  • July 21, 2021
In this book we are taken by all three: language, plot, character.
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