The Game Could Wait
Having a child carves you out. Stories like this line the walls inside, and keep you up wondering why, how, what the fuck is exactly happening here?
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fathers and sons
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Through the Dam
We both pretended to ignore the brown bag inserted into the plastic grocery bags. We ignored my role as witness to this process.
Let A Rumpus Pal Choose Your Next Book
Bookish, the new website that helps you choose and buy books based on input from writers, editors, and publishers, has a post up by Rumpus contributor/interviewee Scott Hutchins. Read it if…
My Little Brother Ruined My Life
"Are you a masochist?" It's the first thing Bosco asks me. He's fourteen years old now, almost my height, 5' 8", creamy white skin, and a small, German nose from my stepmother's side of the family.
Anti-war Poetry and the Oxymoron of Liberal Fathers
Robert Hass, Bush’s War, and the death of a father