Peripheral Terror: Total Recall by Samantha Giles
There is horror in how a memory can be altered or rendered “false” by exterior forces.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #163: Padma Venkatraman
“Stories have a power science doesn’t.”
Urgent Connections: Negative Space and Too Afraid to Cry
There’s no such thing as too much of this kind of light, especially in dark times.
ENOUGH: Pleasure, Habit, or Force
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
ENOUGH: Instances of His Return
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
Swinging Modern Sounds #89: In Praise of Tom Petty
Because Petty was so prolific and so popular, the intense craftsmanship of his body of work has been hiding in plain sight.
ENOUGH: Fragile Small Fire Girl
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
Pulling the Thread Through: Talking with Tina Alexis Allen
Tina Alexis Allen discusses her memoir, HIDING OUT.
ENOUGH: If You Hadn’t Happened
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
Hannibal Lecter, My Therapist
In the dark, I felt at home in the underground bunker where the hospital stored its violent men.
Bearing Witness: Because: A Lyric Memoir by Joshua Mensch
Because is a call for more stories with specifics so well-rendered.