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election 2020

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Not Looking Away: The State She’s In by Lesley Wheeler

  • Julie Marie Wade
  • January 29, 2021
But look at this poet-speaker speaking the unspeakable!
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Time Is Precious: A Conversation with Clifford Thompson

  • Julie Marie Wade
  • January 4, 2021
Clifford Thompson discusses his work and art-making.
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Nightmares Before Christmas

  • Tabitha Blankenbiller
  • December 8, 2020
No one is coming to save us but ourselves.
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Spotlight: “This Needs to Stop”

  • Brandon Hicks
  • November 3, 2020
What’s more... it can get worse.
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The Right to Lawfully Kill

  • Wakaya Wells
  • November 2, 2020
I say the world is on fire. I say I’m seeing things.
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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Trump Voter

  • Brandon Hicks
  • November 1, 2020
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From the Editors: Election 2020

  • The Rumpus
  • October 6, 2020
Rumpus editors share their thoughts, fears, and concerns around the impending election.
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Turning Purple: The Year of the Defector

  • Leigh Hopkins
  • February 11, 2020
I needed love big enough to make my own hunger seem small.
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Welcome To South Bend: A Weekend with the Boot Edge Edges

  • Kelcey Parker Ervick
  • December 3, 2019
Yeah. I just quoted Taylor Swift.
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Turning Purple: Blood Feast

  • Leigh Hopkins
  • November 5, 2019
It isn’t until I look at my wife’s face that I can feel my own fear.
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  • Marissa Korbel
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The Thread: The Stories We’ve Been Told

  • Marissa Korbel
  • May 14, 2019
It’s just their story, and we don’t have to believe a word of it.
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