Rumpus Exclusive: “The Beautiful Dead”
It was personal, as the detectives on my favorite shows always said.
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Posts Tagged: domestic violence
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #218: Rufi Thorpe
“It doesn’t matter your gender or your sexual orientation; you can disorder your eating.”
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ENOUGH: Beautiful Teeth
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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ENOUGH: Trapped
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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ENOUGH: I’m Just So Tired
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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On Tragedy and Strength: Making Space for Our Stories
I love that—working towards not having regret, in art and in life.
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Within the Scope
While my friends write their truths in nearby cabins, I wear my silence like a bulletproof vest.
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The Proustian Wilbur Bud
We all will have lost something in the forgetting.
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Both Reckoning and Embrace: Dorianne Laux’s Only As The Day Is Long
As the book continues, [Laux] traces a growing understanding of loss.
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Stories We Tell Ourselves: A Conversation with Miranda Popkey
Miranda Popkey discusses her debut novel, TOPICS OF CONVERSATION.
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Living the Unknown: Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House
I needed this book. Maybe you will, too.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Where to Find Him
It felt like the sun beating down on closed eyelids.
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The Thread: Ghosts at the Door
Ghosts, like women as people, are just a theory.
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Turning and Turning: Jericho Brown’s The Tradition
[T]his is a book in direct conversation with literary tradition.
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ENOUGH: Reporting My Rape
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Fragmenting Forward: Brute by Emily Skaja
After all, isn’t this often the truth of loss? What once was home becomes a graveyard.
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A Pinpoint Perspective: Talking with Jami Attenberg
Jami Attenberg discusses her newest novel, ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS.
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Impossible Hope
The system does not protect or serve those we call “aliens.”
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On Being Seen by Toni Morrison
It’s never too late to read Toni Morrison for the first time.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Gauri Kalyanam
Her heartbeat is a history folded into a vessel.
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I Am the Ignition
I don’t believe in redemption stories.
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ENOUGH: A Before Without an After
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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ENOUGH: I Think I Wanted It
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Natalie Scenters-Zapico
Natalie Scenters-Zapico discusses her new collection, LIMA :: LIMÓN.
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ENOUGH: Remember the Time
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Reimagining Jesus: A Conversation with Savannah Sipple
Savannah Sipple discusses her debut collection, WWJD AND OTHER POEMS.
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When Our Inner Voices Speak: Reema Zaman’s I Am Yours
Reema’s book teems with gorgeous metaphors.
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Telling Our Truths: A Conversation with Shaindel Beers
Shaindel Beers discusses her third collection, SECURE YOUR OWN MASK.
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Reclaiming Our Power: A Conversation with Reema Zaman
Reema Zaman discusses her debut memoir, I AM YOURS.
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ENOUGH: A Bonfire of Blossoms, A Pile of Ash
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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