Columbine Archives - The Rumpus

While my friends write their truths in nearby cabins, I wear my silence like a bulletproof vest.

Objectivity Is My Enemy: A Conversation with Dave Cullen

Dave Cullen discusses his new book, PARKLAND: BIRTH OF A MOVEMENT.

The process of guiding people to speak their truths was isolating.

Tom McAllister discusses his new novel, How to Be Safe, workshops, Twitter, dystopia, and narrative voice.

We offer these reading suggestions as a starting point, but know that real change must take place off the page.

I do the best I can to reach out to those I see isolated or disturbed, but I have to also be careful I don’t make myself a target.

To deny violence is to do it. Our surprise at Sandy Hook and Cold Springs and Columbine is a form of violence in its own right.