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ENOUGH: Instances of His Return

  • The Rumpus
  • November 13, 2018
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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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #148: Daniel Torday

  • Andrew Ervin
  • September 27, 2018
“I also wanted this to be a deeply overtly American book.”
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Stories of Survival: A Conversation with Katya Cengel

  • John Schidlovsky
  • September 21, 2018
Katya Cengel discusses her new book, EXILED.
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Dream Big: Hillary, Made Up by Marianne Kunkel

  • Julie Marie Wade
  • August 31, 2018
Hillary, Made Up is a complex feminist undertaking that undermines traditional notions of interpretation.
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Pinterest Prepping

  • Stacy Murison
  • July 4, 2018
Nothing seems fixed or stable anymore except ongoing instability.
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How I Learned to Hope Again

  • Abraham A. Joven
  • June 14, 2018
And in order to hope, I have to once more believe—in the midst of unrelenting dark—that light exists even if I cannot see it.
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The Medically Misguided Approach to Mistreatment

  • Shara Azad
  • June 6, 2018
The definition of mistreatment is so broad that we cannot fully grasp what it is.
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Having a Female Orgasm During the Trump Administration

  • Rachel Yoder
  • May 28, 2018
"I am wondering if politics affect your sex life."
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Learning to Grow Where Planted: Maggie Smith’s Good Bones

  • Julie Marie Wade
  • May 25, 2018
Part of looking closer is seeing what is hard to face, and part of having courage is addressing what seems futile.
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Breaking the Rules: A Conversation with Amy B. Scher

  • Jane Ratcliffe
  • April 20, 2018
Amy B. Scher discusses her memoir, This Is How I Save My Life, what to do when all available treatments have failed, Trump's presidency, and the power to heal.
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Identity Theft

  • Zining Mok
  • March 7, 2018
In the past year, the writing process has become, for me, a way to navigate between the present and the past, between what I have access to and what I will never know.
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What Did You Expect, Though?

  • Mallika Rao
  • March 6, 2018
The immune system, meant to protect a body from foreign invaders, works too assiduously, sees danger where there is none, turns on itself. Such conditions lend themselves to metaphor.
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