From the Archive: The Sunday Rumpus Essay: The Butch and the Bathroom
Then there is the bathroom issue. My beloved is like me, like you, like anyone. Sometimes a person has to go.
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Posts Tagged: Donald Trump
Becoming American in the Age of Trump
How does one come to feel American in the eyes of others?
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ENOUGH: How the President Broke Up My Marriage
A Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Maggie Nelson
Maggie Nelson discusses her new book, ON FREEDOM: FOUR SONGS OF CARE AND CONSTRAINT.
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Accidental Altars
Choose, the specter points in opposite directions.
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Panic Mode: The Influencing Machine by Brooke Gladstone and Josh Neufeld
Cyclical patterns of journalism notwithstanding, Gladstone sees this moment as uniquely concerning.
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The Last Poem I Loved: “The Hell Poem” by Shane McCrae
I’m fascinated that the speaker’s harm disappearing is a function of being in Hell.
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Reimagining the Whole Damn World: A Conversation with Sonora Jha
Sonora Jha discusses her new book, HOW TO RAISE A FEMINIST SON.
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Everything Is Malleable: Talking with Lauren Oyler
Lauren Oyler discusses her debut novel, FAKE ACCOUNTS.
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Not Looking Away: The State She’s In by Lesley Wheeler
But look at this poet-speaker speaking the unspeakable!
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The Fine Line Between Nihilism and Hope: Talking with Ahmed Naji
Ahmed Naji discusses his new memoir, ROTTEN EVIDENCE.
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Pushing a Universe through a Keyhole: Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith
Still, Smith’s sadness does not serve to disintegrate her zeal for living.
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Nightmares Before Christmas
No one is coming to save us but ourselves.
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Swinging Modern Sounds: Observations on the Occasion of a 100th Column
The clash of opinions about music is music itself.
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Save St. Mark’s
It is fifteen years after the renovation, and St. Mark’s struggles to breathe.
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Does It Matter Why
I refuse to play the part, but I play the part.
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The Right to Lawfully Kill
I say the world is on fire. I say I’m seeing things.
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The Discourse of Undocumentedness: Talking with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio discusses her first book, THE UNDOCUMENTED AMERICANS.
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Re-Contextualizing Dolly Parton in Her Full Glory: Talking with Sarah Smarsh
Sarah Smarsh discusses her new book, SHE COME BY IT NATURAL.
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From the Editors: Election 2020
Rumpus editors share their thoughts, fears, and concerns around the impending election.
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Reclaiming History from the Bigots: Jill Lepore’s This America
History itself is not so conveniently tidy, and neither is this book.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Sacred Stories”
All anyone really wants is to be seen and heard, and yet we avoid seeing and hearing others every day.
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Zones of Paradox: A Conversation with Billy-Ray Belcourt
Billy-Ray Belcourt discusses his new book, A HISTORY OF MY BRIEF BODY.
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Let Our Rage Become a Storm: Kelly Grace Thomas’s Boat Burned
In this collection, women are “vesseled,” carrying the burdens of our culture.
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Larger Than Life: Talking with Alia Volz
Alia Volz discusses her debut memoir, HOME BAKED.
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We Stand with the People
We will not let this continue
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That Little Bit of Magic: A Conversation with Ramiza Shamoun Koya
Ramiza Shamoun Koya discusses her debut novel, THE ROYAL ABDULS.
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