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Rumpus Exclusive: “Dear G.B.”

  • Jessica Lind Peterson
  • January 11, 2021
There are many ways to be ripped to shreds.
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Parallel Planes: The Ghosts of Mothers and Daughters

  • Becky Fine-Firesheets
  • November 14, 2019
I need to hear myself say it out loud to make it real.
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This Week in Trumplandia

  • Buffy Flores
  • April 20, 2017
Welcome to This Week in Trumplandia. Check in with us every Thursday for a weekly roundup of the most pertinent content on our country, which is currently spiraling down a…
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(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Jennifer Gilbert

  • Jennifer Gilbert
  • January 27, 2017
Trauma steals meaning and expression. BDSM and writing create them.
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The Lonely Voice #27: William Trevor, What Haunts Us Is Us

  • Peter Orner
  • November 21, 2016
And this is the majesty of William Trevor. He creates—and at the same time affirms—the dark we’ve all got inside us. He gives our nightmares flesh.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Instructions for Replicating a Bad Summer

  • Megan Burbank
  • May 28, 2016
Compare yourself to a raw wound. Explain that everyone else is one too, whether they know it or not.
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The Double Date

  • Brandon Hicks
  • January 10, 2016
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SPACE AVALANCHE: Footprints

  • Eoin Ryan
  • February 15, 2010
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