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Apples do not grow “true to seed,” meaning that what you put in the ground isn’t always what comes back out of it.

Observations of an Inquisitive Mind: Fruit by Bruce Snider

These are not poems of self-pity. Far from it.

Each bug in the water is one less bug on my fruit, I tell myself, ignoring the truth: under the soil, another is born.

There was nothing open about my heart; my chest tightened, threatening to implode.

Don’t ask us why. We didn’t make the rules! We just reinforce them without asking questions.

A collection of short pieces written by Rumpus readers pertaining to the subject of “All for You.”

Emily Gould may be the queen of oversharing—but you’re the one reading this review of her book.