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On Ghosting

  • Aidan Forster
  • November 9, 2021
To ghost, to refuse, to satisfy yourself with yourself, felt impossibly newfangled, like something I’d like to try.
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Felt Space

  • Lee Anderson
  • September 23, 2021
If I were to stare into a mirror, I’m not sure I would see anything back.
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How We Create Ourselves: Second Place by Rachel Cusk

  • Marek Makowski
  • August 4, 2021
The voice reaches and reaches at answers to broad questions. Sometimes it pulls back pieces of insight and beauty.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Soft Butch”

  • Nora E. Derrington
  • May 10, 2021
For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be strong, to be tough. I didn’t want to be soft.
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Everything Must Change: A Conversation with Melissa Febos

  • Kelly Thompson
  • March 22, 2021
Melissa Febos discusses her new essay collection, GIRLHOOD.
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On Resilience, Tender Rituals, and Responsible Love: Talking with Kiese Laymon

  • April Blevins Pejic
  • March 15, 2021
Kiese Laymon discusses the revised HOW TO SLOWLY KILL YOURSELF AND OTHERS IN AMERICA.
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Fundamentally, Necessarily Vulnerable: A Conversation with jamie hood

  • Rachelle Toarmino
  • March 12, 2021
jamie hood discusses her debut book, HOW TO BE A GOOD GIRL.
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Why We Believe What We Believe: A Conversation with Dantiel W. Moniz

  • Mike Jeffrey
  • February 3, 2021
Dantiel W. Moniz discusses her debut story collection, MILK BLOOD HEAT.
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A Photographer’s Wife

  • Rachel Somerstein
  • October 7, 2020
It’s hard to see what isn’t there.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Brave Is a Decision”

  • Alden Jones
  • July 13, 2020
I’d crossed a line and owned a new secret life. There was no going back.
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Let Our Rage Become a Storm: Kelly Grace Thomas’s Boat Burned

  • M Jaime Zuckerman
  • July 10, 2020
In this collection, women are “vesseled,” carrying the burdens of our culture.
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In Protest of a Body that Refuses to End

  • Clara Trippe
  • June 30, 2020
All I want is to feed myself like a person who wants to be fed.
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