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From the Archive: The Rumpus Interview with Jade Sharma

  • Catherine Cusick
  • May 20, 2022
Jade Sharma discusses her first novel Problems, the complicated feelings that came with debuting to rave reviews, and her writing and editing processes.
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Voices on Addiction: The Road Less Traveled By

  • Megan Aronson
  • December 20, 2021
Then the road less traveled by diverged in a wood and took him in the night.
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This Week in Essays

  • Tamara Matthews
  • September 15, 2021
A weekly roundup of essays we’re reading online!
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Voices on Addiction: Searching for Gwen

  • Laurie Easter
  • September 8, 2021
This was a reconnaissance mission. My intention was to save her, not alienate her.
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Voices On Addiction: A Conversation with James Brown and Patrick O’Neil

  • Tim Hillegonds
  • July 29, 2021
James Brown and Patrick O’Neil discuss WRITING YOUR WAY TO RECOVERY.
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Voices on Addiction: Safety in a Blue Light

  • Charles G. Thompson
  • July 13, 2021
Television babysat our family—our thirteen-channel set, reception via a rooftop antenna.
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Voices on Addiction: Thief in the Night

  • Heather Stokes
  • February 16, 2021
Addiction steals your integrity. Your freedom, too.
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Voices on Addiction: Memories of My Daddy and Me(th)

  • Elara Elizabeth Cáceres
  • January 25, 2021
For years, decades even, my father tried to escape meth’s hold.
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Swinging Modern Sounds: Observations on the Occasion of a 100th Column

  • Rick Moody
  • December 3, 2020
The clash of opinions about music is music itself.
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Voices on Addiction: There Were Also Girls, Women

  • Kat Moore
  • October 20, 2020
I always thought I was too smart to be one of those girls.
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No Story Ever Really Ends: Talking with Amy Long

  • Haley Sherif
  • August 28, 2020
Amy Long discusses her debut book, CODEPENDENCE.
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Voices on Addiction: The Economics of Gentrified Vice

  • Sabra Boyd
  • June 10, 2020
The marijuana shop shimmers from the abyss, a glowing green jewelry box atop the hill.
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