Voices on Addiction: The Road Less Traveled By
Then the road less traveled by diverged in a wood and took him in the night.
...moreBecome a Rumpus Member
Join NOW!Then the road less traveled by diverged in a wood and took him in the night.
...moreThis was a reconnaissance mission. My intention was to save her, not alienate her.
...moreI can tell he knows exactly what kind of trouble I like.
...moreJames Brown and Patrick O’Neil discuss WRITING YOUR WAY TO RECOVERY.
...moreTelevision babysat our family—our thirteen-channel set, reception via a rooftop antenna.
...moreKayleb Rae Candrilli discusses their new poetry collection, WATER I WON’T TOUCH.
...moreLilly Dancyger discusses her debut memoir, NEGATIVE SPACE.
...moreAddiction steals your integrity. Your freedom, too.
...moreTranscendent Kingdom becomes an experiment in itself.
...moreFor years, decades even, my father tried to escape meth’s hold.
...moreI always thought I was too smart to be one of those girls.
...moreAll anyone really wants is to be seen and heard, and yet we avoid seeing and hearing others every day.
...moreFear is real. Pain is real. Loss is real. Suffering is real.
...moreThe marijuana shop shimmers from the abyss, a glowing green jewelry box atop the hill.
...moreAlia Volz discusses her debut memoir, HOME BAKED.
...moreI’ve known since I was a child that the world is ending. I felt it in my bones.
...moreI want to respond from my heart—not my anger, my judgment, my desire.
...moreErin Khar discusses her debut memoir, STRUNG OUT.
...moreIt’s the atmosphere. The temperature. What lies between thee and me.
...moreWhen I imagine his days, the loneliness of it all makes my chest tighten.
...moreIt feels like a luxury to have just enough.
...moreIt felt like the sun beating down on closed eyelids.
...moreMy family rarely throws the word addiction around. If we do, it is whispered.
...moreChris Dennis discusses his debut story collection, HERE IS WHAT YOU DO.
...moreAs it turned out, though, it was he who would surprise me that evening.
...moreJason Allen discusses his debut novel, THE EAST END.
...moreAs long as I could feel, I was going to get high.
...moreAfter, they said I was like a saint. Death changes people’s memory.
...more“The opposite of nostalgia is truth.”
...moreIntellectually, I know Gracie’s mom loves her and needs help. In practice, I just want my daughter safe.
...more