Defying Gravity: Ryka Aoki’s Light from Uncommon Stars
This book is disarmingly—in fact, unnervingly—amoral.
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Posts Tagged: eating
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Christopher Gonzalez
Christopher Gonzalez discusses his debut story collection, I’M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT.
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Stained with Autobiography: Talking with Christopher Gonzalez
Christopher Gonzalez discusses his debut story collection, I’M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT.
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Felt Space
If I were to stare into a mirror, I’m not sure I would see anything back.
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Emotional Support Brownies
Why was I crying over a can of seasoned squash?
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The Meaning Is in the Scale: Talking with David Adjmi
David Adjmi discusses his new memoir, LOT SIX.
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Writing to Cope: Talking with Yaffa S. Santos
Yaffa S. Santos discusses her debut novel, A TASTE OF SAGE.
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Completely Embodied: Talking with K-Ming Chang
K-Ming Chang discusses her debut novel, BESTIARY.
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Acclimation
Such distinguished hybridity joined us all, animal and human, in a lonely, exclusive tribe.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #222: Kathryn Scanlan
“I work slowly, from sentence to sentence, and attempt to stay attuned to opportunity.”
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Seaweed Soup (Miyuk Gook
미역국)
This is my mother’s soup. This is what I aim for.
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Food in Times of Need: Eat Joy edited by Natalie Eve Garrett
This book begs to be flipped through and read with leisure.
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Butcher Knives at the Ready
For many years, I tried to civilize myself.
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ENOUGH: Give Me the Biggest Piece You Have
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Strip District Meats
Already, at nine, my son knows that eating makes me happy.
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Everything Tastes Better in Winter
Perfection over pasta. Beauty over bread. The more it hurt, the better.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “The Hunger”
White Castle or McDonald’s? Death always made her hungry.
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ENOUGH: Pleasure, Habit, or Force
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Four Courses
I eat, and eat, and eat, and mourn.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Any Good Wife
Airong’s voice was stern, matter-of-fact. “I’m pregnant.”
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A Lumpy, Misshapen Book: Talking with Elissa Washuta
Elissa Washuta discusses her chapbook, STARVATION MODE.
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What Sustains Me
In my marriage, food was love. And control. And coercion. And apologies.
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On the Joy of Watching My Coworker Eat Lunch
I want to enjoy something so thoroughly, like my coworker using his fingers to dig guac out of a burrito bowl.
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Ira Kaplan’s Favorite Pit Stops
To pull into a rest area and get a bag of KFC or McDonald’s or whatever is kind of soul crushing, or at least it is for us.
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Everybody Is Fine: Talking with Jasmine Guillory
Jasmine Guillory discusses her debut novel, The Wedding Date, finding success, writing sex, and the revolutionary act of eating.
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What to Read When You’re Hungry
Each [cookbook] is a ticket into an immersive opportunity for new dishes, new ingredients, new love.
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Thick and Thin
Today is not the day I can eat like a normal person and not tomorrow either. But maybe the day after that or the next one after.
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