From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Even the Moon
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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Join NOW!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?
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreIn this book we are taken by all three: language, plot, character.
...moreMorowa Yejidé discusses her new novel, CREATURES OF PASSAGE.
...moreJeannine Ouelette discusses her debut memoir, THE PART THAT BURNS.
...moreShe introduced me to the ugly of religion and to the beauty of the world.
...moreThere is pleasure in his eyes that is not just good acting.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...more“I’ve never had a book happen to me the way WE HAD NO RULES did.”
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreI imagine Lady Justice’s fingers tipping the scales: Rose to leave, and me to sleep.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreTracy Strauss discusses her debut memoir, I JUST HAVEN’T MET YOU YET.
...morePoet Samantha Giles discusses her newest collection, TOTAL RECALL.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreMichele Filgate discusses her forthcoming anthology, WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT.
...more“The opposite of nostalgia is truth.”
...moreThere is horror in how a memory can be altered or rendered “false” by exterior forces.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreIn the dark, I felt at home in the underground bunker where the hospital stored its violent men.
...moreBecause is a call for more stories with specifics so well-rendered.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreDickson Lam discusses his debut memoir, Paper Sons, the writing advice that transformed his approach to thee book, and the duty of a memoirist.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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