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Wow, Mom!: Mom Genes by Abigail Tucker

  • Elizabeth Barber
  • October 13, 2021
The best books I have read about motherhood have not reassured me that these feelings will resolve.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Flop, Turn, River”

  • Kyle Lucia Wu
  • October 11, 2021
“You should only bluff if you are prepared for the life it brings you,” my dad said. “You bluff, then you can’t go back.”
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Rumpus Exclusive: “She’s Awake”

  • Bisi Adjapon
  • September 20, 2021
The bed is squeaking again so I open my eyes.
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On Baby Fever

  • Krys Malcolm Belc
  • September 13, 2021
I want to ask Anna for a map of desirability. Where was I before, where was I pregnant, where am I now?
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Like Clockwork, Like Memory: There Is Still Singing in the Afterlife by JinJin Xu

  • Michelle Xu
  • September 10, 2021
How to live with a love so intense, a pressure so ripe?
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A Transcendent Wilderness: Andrew J. Graff’s Raft of Stars

  • David Grandouiller
  • September 8, 2021
In particular, Graff’s river is numinous. It’s the center of everything.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Tick Tock Write”

  • Laraine Herring
  • August 30, 2021
“Tick tock tick tock,” Raven says. “It’s my departure or yours.”
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Greener

  • Alex Watson
  • August 25, 2021
I can tell he knows exactly what kind of trouble I like.
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Arriving at the Mystery: A Conversation with Oliver de la Paz

  • Julie Marie Wade
  • August 11, 2021
Poet Oliver de la Paz discusses art-making, hybrid forms, and his work.
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ENOUGH: The Color of the Cast

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  • August 10, 2021
A Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Voices on Addiction: System Failure

  • Katie Moulton
  • August 10, 2021
“Was it vodka?” Mama said. Her voice had cracks in it. Why ask? She knew.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “The Human”

  • Wendy J. Fox
  • August 9, 2021
Man was living on the moon but Medicare was still a disaster.
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