forgiveness
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Laraine Herring
“That’s the power of art, I think. It is transformative. It can love us all back home.”
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Susan Shapiro
“My challenge was to tell my own story but also find ways to weave in wisdom and gravitas.”
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Transformed by Discovering: A Conversation with Beth Kephart
Beth Kephart discusses her new memoir, WIFE | DAUGHTER | SELF.
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Between Lightness and Shadow: A Conversation with Kapka Kassabova
Kapka Kassabova discusses her latest book, TO THE LAKE.
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Tripping the Ekphrastic Fantastic: Talking with Miah Jeffra
Miah Jeffra discusses their new book, THE FABULOUS EKPHRASTIC FANTASTIC!.
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All Tied Up and Slipping Away: Talking with Micah Perks
Micah Perks discusses TRUE LOVE AND OTHER MIRACULOUS ESCAPES.
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Finding Atonement in the #MeToo Era
There is no greater act of love than to hold someone accountable for their mistakes.
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Voices on Addiction: A Bad Night
Trying to protect him from himself is like trying to protect atmosphere from weather.
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Albums of Our Lives: The Mountain Goats’s The Sunset Tree
I knew if I could make it out of town, make it to college, I would survive. But I wasn’t sure I would.
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Forgiving my Father, the Serial Rapist
This bit of vital truth to the story of how I came to be came like a puncture—strong, sharp, and sudden.
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The Saturday Rumpus Interview: Sarah Hepola
Editor and writer Sarah Hepola talks about her new memoir Blackout, how gender affects alcoholism, writing about female friendships, and the writers who’ve influenced her.
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Roxane Gay on Forgiveness
In a powerful New York Times op-ed, Roxane Gay explains why she does not forgive the Charleston shooter: Over the weekend, newspapers across the country shared headlines of forgiveness from the families of the nine slain. The dominant media narrative…