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What to Read When Everyone Is Talking about Rape

  • The Rumpus
  • October 13, 2017
A list of memoirs, fiction, poetry collections, and nonfiction that deal with rape culture and the many ways that is shapes our society and the women and men who live within it.
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Basura

  • Emily Withnall
  • September 21, 2017
[T]erms like "white trash" and basura most accurately reveal those who are doing the defining. Consider what we throw away, and why. Look at what we throw away. Think about the reasons why.
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The Rumpus Interview with Brit Bennett

  • Abigail Bereola
  • October 17, 2016
Brit Bennett discusses her debut novel The Mothers, investigating “what-if” moments, and navigating racism in white spaces.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Fairy Tales, Trauma, Writing into Dissociation

  • Sasha LaPointe
  • October 8, 2016
Our bodies are incredible and intelligent things.
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(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Amber Dawn

  • Amber Dawn
  • August 2, 2016
What do we as writers tell each other about the intersections of trauma and desire? How do we encourage (or discourage) each other to reveal the power and tensions in those margins?
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The Rumpus Interview with Deborah Reed

  • Tabitha Blankenbiller
  • September 25, 2015
Author Deborah Reed discusses her latest novel, Olivay, the necessity of fire, Los Angeles anxiety, and how she found fulfillment at the edge of the American West.
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The Rumpus Interview with Megan Kruse

  • Carter Sickels
  • August 21, 2015
Author Megan Kruse talks about her debut novel, Call Me Home, queer characters in rural places, sibling relationships, and how the music of Lucinda Williams inspires her.
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Little Green

  • Caleb Powell
  • June 10, 2010
“If I ever caught you spun, we’d be over. Only one of us gets to be fucked up at a time.”
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