The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Distance Devotion
If I understood the difference between good and great in that moment, it would be years before I came to accept it.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Mandarin Imperial
Growing up, I understood my father through observation, and I suspect that he understood me much the same way. I liked to think our love was purer that way. Like two stray dogs who found each other and are blessed enough to just get along.
A Case, Diagnosis, and Its Findings
There was nothing open about my heart; my chest tightened, threatening to implode.
The Name Before My Name
There are times when I must uncork the period, for Isabel only chases my given name.
The Commune
Our house, we believed, was a microcosm of that country. Every month, we’d gather at the kitchen table for our house meeting, where we, like politicians, unveiled our big plans for change.
VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Cole Lavalais
Cole Lavalais discusses her debut novel, Summer of the Cicadas, why she’s a huge fan of outlining, and the importance of dedicated communities for black writers.
Out of Order
In summertime, a small group of white, middle-aged, well-educated men were obsessed with my ass.
Rapture of the Deep
The point is not to lose yourself to that landscape, and to not become fearful of new landscapes.
A Literary Homecoming
Author Matthew Neill Null writes at Catapult about a college class on Central Europe that changed the course of his reading and writing life: My new professor, with his reading…
The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Instructions for Replicating a Bad Summer
Compare yourself to a raw wound. Explain that everyone else is one too, whether they know it or not.
Reading Mademoiselle Gantrel
We squinted into the smoky room and saw ourselves on junior year abroad, frolicking on the Left Bank with artists in berets like hers.