From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: Mr. Burley
My favorite was usually the smallest, the most alive.
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Posts Tagged: food and family
A Soul-Satisfying Crunch: Kitchen Sink Granola Bars
Following Sunday services, everyone had gathered for a potluck meal.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Biswell and Hope, Christmas: A Story in Four Epiphanies
She can really throw herself into a stoning.
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Food in Times of Need: Eat Joy edited by Natalie Eve Garrett
This book begs to be flipped through and read with leisure.
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Days Since Last Workplace Injury
It feels like a luxury to have just enough.
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Imagine a River of Milk
What does a newborn’s swallow sound like?
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Praise the Bottom: A Conversation with Malcolm Tariq
Malcolm Tariq discusses his debut poetry collection, HEED THE HOLLOW.
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Butcher Knives at the Ready
For many years, I tried to civilize myself.
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Rice Cake Love
I’ll always wish for one last dim sum, one more time to hear the words “I love you, too.”
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Spotlight: “Japanese American Chocolate Pioneers”
How did this Hawaiian chocolate reach the middle of the cornfields?
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ENOUGH: Give Me the Biggest Piece You Have
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Strip District Meats
Already, at nine, my son knows that eating makes me happy.
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Food and Family: Setting the Table
To hunger is to need.
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Call for Submissions: Food and Family
How does food bring you closer to those whom you love?
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