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Turning the Lights On

  • Tyler Anne Whichard
  • December 8, 2021
I feel guilt in the not good enough I carry alongside the not bad enough.
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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal for How You Grow Wings

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  • October 19, 2021
An exclusive look at the cover of Rimma Onoseta’s forthcoming novel, HOW YOU GROW WINGS.
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Voices on Addiction: Keep It Simple, Sweetheart

  • Sandra Shattuck
  • October 18, 2021
Finding joy in the now, even as death and difficulty mark the days, is possible, a choice, and a practice.
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Starting with Fire: A Conversation with Mai Der Vang

  • Lily Houston Smith
  • September 20, 2021
Mai Der Vang discusses her new poetry collection, YELLOW RAIN.
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Language as a Kind of Home: Talking with Anne Liu Kellor

  • Grace Loh Prasad
  • September 2, 2021
Anne Liu Kellor discusses her debut memoir, HEART RADICAL.
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There Are No Cheap Seats in Lauren Shapiro’s Arena

  • Julie Marie Wade
  • August 27, 2021
Resonance is a given. You can’t help but hear. In Lauren Shapiro’s Arena, every seat is the best seat in the house.
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The Tragedy of Hope: Talking with Willa C. Richards

  • Alex Madison
  • August 18, 2021
Willa C. Richards discusses her debut novel, THE COMFORT OF MONSTERS.
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Inner Conversations Projected on a Surface: Bruno K. Öijer’s The Trilogy

  • Naheed Patel
  • August 13, 2021
A family’s grief traps generations in a search for insight.
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Reinventing the Truth: A Conversation with Anna Qu

  • Megan Vered
  • August 4, 2021
Anna Qu discusses her debut memoir, MADE IN CHINA.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Daddies and Sons

  • Kim Coleman Foote
  • July 14, 2021
When Jeb was old enough to have a family of his own, he hardly ever laid hands on his boys.
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This Is Not a Metaphor

  • Kristen Millares Young
  • July 7, 2021
On the far side of silence, I suspect, is joy.
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A Mother Is an Intellectual Thing

  • Kimberly Grey
  • June 15, 2021
I hope, by writing this, language can jar a wound.
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