Rumpus Original Fiction: The Mother We Share
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...moreIt’s not coincidental, I think, that most of the secular and sacred saints we venerate now went charging against the grain of the Municipal We.
...moreI’m writing about three players who have all quit America’s most popular and visible sport mid-season. Their reasons for quitting are as different as their trajectories, but in each of them, there are shards of a much larger and tragic American story.
...moreI joined the Marfa Volunteer Fire Department six months ago. So far, I have been to zero fires—the West Texas wildfire season doesn’t really pick up until spring—and two fire training courses.
...moreIn Padua, Minnesota, firefighters put out a truck fire that broke out before a St. Patrick’s Day parade. And they did it all while dressed in drag. Witness their flame-destroying, gender-bending heroism, after the jump:
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