Voices on Addiction: Searching for Gwen
This was a reconnaissance mission. My intention was to save her, not alienate her.
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Posts Tagged: friendship
On Trauma, Memory, and Language: Talking with Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi discusses her new novel, SAVAGE TONGUES.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Danny”
Allow her to bewitch you as she bewitches all who cross her path.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “The Trial”
It had only been a matter of time before they’d find her.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Three-Finger Freddie and a Fight
He could spin a Spalding between those eight digits faster and smoother than anyone.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Kristy’s Invisible Hand and Das Baby-Sitters Club Kapital”
The babysitters inspired me, and Kristy’s entrepreneurial vision seemed plain yet elegant; easy-to-follow, too.
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The Desire for a Pain-Free Existence: Talking with Karen Tucker
Karen Tucker discusses her debut novel, BEWILDERNESS.
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The Seductive Nature of Faith: Talking with Alex McElroy
Alex McElroy discusses their debut novel, THE ATMOSPHERIANS.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Maria Cichosz
“Thinking about blurring those lines got me closer to the truth of the clichés.”
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Voices on Addiction: Heroin/e
She introduced me to the ugly of religion and to the beauty of the world.
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Pushing a Universe through a Keyhole: Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith
Still, Smith’s sadness does not serve to disintegrate her zeal for living.
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The Rumpus Mini-interview Project: Andrea Bartz
“And as those masks fall away, we get down to the shame and envy underneath.”
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Loving Something That May Destroy Us: A Conversation with Angie Cruz
Angie Cruz discusses her newest novel, DOMINICANA.
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Building and Building: Talking with Patricia Spears Jones
Patricia Spears Jones discusses her body of work, the future of poetry, and more.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Reina with White Roses
A block away from my house, Reina killed herself.
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This Huge, Colossal Joy: A Conversation with Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison
Molly McCully Brown and Susannah Nevison discuss their work.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #218: Rufi Thorpe
“It doesn’t matter your gender or your sexual orientation; you can disorder your eating.”
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Nothing Gets Solved: Talking with Kevin Nguyen
Kevin Nguyen discusses his debut novel, NEW WAVES.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Clockwork
Turn the corner, let the darkness swallow you, and you’re in the stacks.
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Mixed Feelings: How to Make Friends after Thirty
The problem is we tend to let romantic love eclipse all else.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Christmas Party
I laugh. My laugh, this thing that sounds better on somebody else.
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Friction Wherever You Go: A Conversation with Kate Wisel
Kate Wisel discusses her debut story collection, DRIVING IN CARS WITH HOMELESS MEN.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton
Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton discusses SHAPES OF NATIVE NONFICTION.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #180: De’Shawn Charles Winslow
“Everyone, to varying degrees, is in everyone’s business and life.”
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Truth through Fiction: Talking with Nicole Dennis-Benn
Nicole Dennis-Benn discusses her second novel, PATSY.
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Voices on Addiction: Fault Lines
After, they said I was like a saint. Death changes people’s memory.
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