Rumpus Original Fiction: Sin Miedo
Just the two of us. Daddy and me. Charro and escaramuza.
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...moreJean Kyoung Frazier discusses her debut novel, PIZZA GIRL.
...moreThe inherited wounds cut so deep one wonders if they can ever be fully healed.
...moreSonora Jha discusses her new book, HOW TO RAISE A FEMINIST SON.
...moreLilly Dancyger discusses her debut memoir, NEGATIVE SPACE.
...moreShin Yu Pai discusses her new book, ENSŌ.
...moreBeth Kephart discusses her new memoir, WIFE | DAUGHTER | SELF.
...moreGeorgina Lawton discusses her debut memoir, RACELESS.
...moreAddiction steals your integrity. Your freedom, too.
...moreMy dad, a psychiatrist, wants to write a sex book.
...moreFor years, decades even, my father tried to escape meth’s hold.
...moreNadia Owusu discusses her debut memoir, AFTERSHOCKS.
...moreIn short, lightness is the capacity to leave without regret.
...moreEverything old felt far away; everything new felt exhilarating.
...moreI want to see myself as a whole person.
...moreThere was a right way and a wrong way to do things, and those shoes were wrong.
...morePoet Kimiko Hahn discusses her new collection, FOREIGN BODIES.
...moreAn exclusive look at the cover of Arisa White’s forthcoming collection, WHO’S YOUR DADDY.
...moreAll anyone really wants is to be seen and heard, and yet we avoid seeing and hearing others every day.
...moreThis, I learned, is what rawness tasted like. I wanted more.
...moreLaura Bogart discusses her debut novel, DON’T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.
...moreAround here, we don’t waste meat, and we don’t waste life.
...moreThere is pleasure in his eyes that is not just good acting.
...moreI searched in its beady eyes and tried to find a motherly warmth.
...moreHealing is slow. Fast. Slow again.
...more“Our memories are always in flux.”
...moreSuzanne Farrell Smith discusses her debut memoir, THE MEMORY SESSIONS.
...moreGirlhood remains, like the land, a constant site of male fascination, desire, and violence.
...moreVictoria Chang discusses her new poetry collection, OBIT.
...moreThis is my mother’s soup. This is what I aim for.
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