Malus Domestica
Apples do not grow “true to seed,” meaning that what you put in the ground isn’t always what comes back out of it.
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Join NOW!Apples do not grow “true to seed,” meaning that what you put in the ground isn’t always what comes back out of it.
...moreJonathan Parks-Ramage discusses his debut novel, YES, DADDY.
...moreI exist in a field of landmines, never quite sure when one will go off or why.
...moreTeresa Carmody discusses her debut novel, THE RECONCEPTION OF MARIE.
...moreI’ve known since I was a child that the world is ending. I felt it in my bones.
...moreChelsea Bieker discusses her debut novel, GODSHOT.
...moreCameron Dezen Hammon discusses her debut memoir, THIS IS MY BODY.
...moreCo-editors Chrissy Stroop and Lauren O’Neal discuss their new anthology, EMPTY THE PEWS.
...moreI need to hear myself say it out loud to make it real.
...morePatrick Coleman discusses his debut novel, THE CHURCHGOER.
...moreLyz Lenz discusses her debut book, GOD LAND.
...moreGarrard Conley and Taylor Larsen discuss their recent work.
...moreSavannah Sipple discusses her debut collection, WWJD AND OTHER POEMS.
...more“We knew things were wrong then,” she says, “but we didn’t know how, or why.”
...moreCreation begets death which begets more creation.
...moreI was supposed to be a girl, they said. But the Lord works in mysterious ways, doesn’t He?
...moreThe entire collection is suffused by an aching awareness of absence and an obsession with the indelible markings of the past.
...moreTo us he was Professor McClatchy, and he presided over our Wednesday afternoon sessions with the grace of an elegant, erudite gentleman.
...more“Everything about the term is predicated on bad faith. It needs to die.”
...moreMost often, I do not speak when I am alone. That morning I sat on the couch and said Oh my God. I said it aloud, again and again, Oh my God.
...more“I am strong. Could I really have any other name?”
...moreIt’s that time again. Time to round up all the Rumpus weekends. Or the weekend Rumpuses. Or something. This weekend, we featured two super-cool interviews. Saturday’s was a lively discussion with Michelle Meyering, director of programs and events at PEN Center USA, about her lit-mag The Rattling Wall, which “isn’t necessarily a journal about LA, but a journal that’s influenced […]
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