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A reflection on reflection: An interview with Katherine Indermaur

  • EJ Levy
  • March 27, 2023
I did some research on how the vertical slash was used in different contexts, and fell in love with the Sheffer stroke.
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From the Archive: The Saturday Rumpus Essay: DNA

  • Nicole Walker
  • December 27, 2022
Of course, maybe dividing the world into two kinds of people is just another way of making sure there is a crack in everything. When can you smooth out this fault line?
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From the Archive: The Weight of Our Living: On Hope, Fire Escapes, and Visible Desperation

  • Ocean Vuong
  • December 20, 2022
I want to leave the party through the window and find my uncle standing on a piece of iron shaped into visible desperation, which must also be (how can it not?) the beginning of visible hope.
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Boys and Oil: Taylor Brorby on Making Space for Queer Stories on the Great Plains

  • Adam Swanson
  • December 5, 2022
I developed two books. One I called “The Gay Book,” and one I called “The North Dakota Book.” Well, those are the same book, as you can imagine.
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From the Archive: Explicit Violence

  • Lidia Yuknavitch
  • June 28, 2022
Afterward, there was dead silence in the kitchen. I know because I held my breath. Even air molecules seemed to still.
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From the Archive: What Burns in the Pit

  • Ashley Ford
  • June 14, 2022
“Things can catch fire even when they let each other go. But we don’t give up. We don’t stop loving them.”
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From the Archive: The Saturday Rumpus Essay: I Left My Heart in Taos

  • b: william bearhart
  • May 10, 2022
You might gasp. You might gasp and your heart slips out. You whisper and let red willows drift toward the river.
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Waypoint Transition

  • Jo Unruh
  • April 26, 2022
I want to know more of what it is like to feel lost and not always have someone there to tell me how to find my way. Or, to tell me my way.
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From the Archive: Why Writing Matters in the Age of Despair

  • Lyz Lenz
  • April 12, 2022
No word is wasted. No story is told in vain.
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From the Archive: The Sunday Rumpus Essay: The Butch and the Bathroom

  • Barrie Jean Borich
  • April 5, 2022
Then there is the bathroom issue. My beloved is like me, like you, like anyone. Sometimes a person has to go.
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Cure for Last Night’s Leftovers

  • Monica Prince
  • March 22, 2022
Let’s be clear: There is no hangover cure. Anyone who claims to have never had a hangover is either a) a liar, b) a teetotaler, or c) a responsible drinker. I’m none of those things, most days, despite effort, and the number of times I’ve searched for “how to cure a hangover” in the harsh light of a weekend morning is embarrassing the older I get, so manage your expectations.
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Opioids in Sobriety

  • Ren Asba
  • March 8, 2022
Using opioids while maintaining my sobriety became a skill that I continued to develop over the following couple of years. The irony—finally becoming capable of moderating my drug use—was not lost on me.
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