Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Amber van de Bunt
Amber van de Bunt discusses her debut memoir, OVERCOME.
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ENOUGH: I Think I Wanted It
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Voices on Addiction: Happy Birthday to Me
As long as I could feel, I was going to get high.
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Voices on Addiction: Fault Lines
After, they said I was like a saint. Death changes people’s memory.
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ENOUGH: When Water Can’t Put It Out
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with T Kira Madden
T Kira Madden discusses her debut memoir, LONG LIVE THE TRIBE OF FATHERLESS GIRLS.
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Voices on Addiction: All the Ways to Save Your Life
But we can make choices if we want to live. I believe that.
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Racism’s Shadow: A Conversation with Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Maurice Carlos Ruffin discusses his debut novel, WE CAST A SHADOW.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #165: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
“The opposite of nostalgia is truth.”
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No-Man’s Land: A Conversation with Angela Mitchell
Angela Mitchell discusses her debut collection, UNNATURAL HABITATS & OTHER STORIES.
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If Love Were Water
Can I be blamed for my relief? My anger?
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ENOUGH: A Bonfire of Blossoms, A Pile of Ash
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Voices on Addiction: Five Poems by Sophie Klahr
I mis- / take this state for another. Take the wheel.
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Breathing into the Paper Bag: Talking with Jenny Valentish
Jenny Valentish discusses her memoir, WOMEN OF SUBSTANCES.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Too Sexy”
I am not coked out of my mind, I’m coked into my mind.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: What Kind of Love Is That?
Nothing in Texas came easy.
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Voices on Addiction: The Five Cs
The truth is different. The truth is always different.
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ENOUGH: The Ravine
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Voices on Addiction: Four Poems by Nick Flynn
Behind DOOR NUMBER ONE / is a hammer, to break the wings off angels.
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Pulling the Thread Through: Talking with Tina Alexis Allen
Tina Alexis Allen discusses her memoir, HIDING OUT.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #143: Saul Austerlitz
“I felt that Meredith Hunter was the invisible figure at the center of the story.”
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Struggling toward Truth: Porochista Khakpour’s Sick
Khakpour gathers courage, again and again, as she reaches into the most painful parts of her life, excavates them, and holds them up to the light.
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Coming Clean
Intellectually, I know Gracie’s mom loves her and needs help. In practice, I just want my daughter safe.
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Voices on Addiction: Spontaneous Combustion
I remember hunger the way other children remember love.
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Splintered Doors
This journey is ongoing. But I know this: my daughter will never have to break down a door.
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Discomfort, Desire, and Drugs: Talking with Ben Gwin
Ben Gwin discusses his debut novel, Clean Time: The True Story of Ronald Regan Middleton, the book’s unique structure, and writing satire.
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ENOUGH: He Could Kill Me
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Drink the Wine That Moves You
Were they all just kittens, really, the comfort of their warm blood the only defense between life and a dump in the river?
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