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Read Features & Reviews Reviews A Sense of God: She Would Be King by Wayétu Moore Whitney BeberOctober 31, 2018 Perhaps one of the most beautiful things Moore does is to give voice to those who would not or did not have a voice.Read
Read Rumpus Original Effacement of the Mother Amanda RebuckMay 15, 2018 When I came home from war, I felt relief. Now that I’m home after childbirth, I’m still waiting for relief. War ends. Motherhood does not.Read
Read Politics Rumpus Original Finding Freedom Brian BouldreyJanuary 9, 2018 We never want something more than when it has been taken away from us. The opposite of freedom is confinement.Read
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Read Features & Reviews Politics Rumpus Original Loving America: Reading Carlos Bulosan with My Students Matthew SalessesNovember 8, 2017 Can one love one’s country into a better version of itself? And can that love better the self?Read
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