Posts Tagged: gay

Honey

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That cafe smelled like fresh-baked bread and cookies, and the baristas were all women with warm, soft hands who called everyone — the Senator, the mothers, the babies, the businessmen — Honey. So many baristas would have called you Honey, David. And swayed along with you when they played Perfume Genius during the slow hours. The day after someone […]

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Turning the Lights On

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I feel guilt in the not good enough I carry alongside the not bad enough.

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Filling in the Missing Patchwork: A Conversation with Steven Reigns

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Steven Reigns discusses his newest poetry collection, A QUILT FOR DAVID.

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On Ghosting

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To ghost, to refuse, to satisfy yourself with yourself, felt impossibly newfangled, like something I’d like to try.

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Haunted, Beloved: A Conversation with Jacques Rancourt

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Jacques Rancourt discusses his new collection, BROCKEN SPECTRE.

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The Tragedy of Hope: Talking with Willa C. Richards

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Willa C. Richards discusses her debut novel, THE COMFORT OF MONSTERS.

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Rumpus Original Fiction: Barong

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Appearance aside, my boss took his work seriously.

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Voices on Addiction: Safety in a Blue Light

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Television babysat our family—our thirteen-channel set, reception via a rooftop antenna.

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The Dangerous Myth of the “Perfect Victim”: A Conversation with Jonathan Parks-Ramage

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Jonathan Parks-Ramage discusses his debut novel, YES, DADDY.

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Hope Past the Page: A Conversation with Matthew Clark Davison

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Matthew Clark Davison discusses his debut novel, DOUBTING THOMAS.

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He’s Funny That Way

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A week before our reception, three days married, I beckon Peter to come listen to the song I’ve chosen for our first dance.

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Working from Memories of Memories: A Conversation with Lauren Hough

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Lauren Hough discusses her debut essay collection, LEAVING ISN’T THE HARDEST THING.

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The Light Endures: 13th Balloon by Mark Bibbins

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Grief begs to be analogized, not to be tamed exactly, but somehow made approachable.

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The Psychiatrist and the Butch

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My dad, a psychiatrist, wants to write a sex book.

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The Violent and the Sensual: original kink by Jubi Arriola-Headley

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Violence can be turned around, turned into pleasure, or an act of freedom, or an act of defiance.

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My Boyfriend, His Lover, and Me

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There is nothing I want more than a happy ending.

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A Very Queer Book: Talking with Carter Sickels

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Carter Sickels discusses his new novel, THE PRETTIEST STAR.

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Rumpus Exclusive: “Brave Is a Decision”

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I’d crossed a line and owned a new secret life. There was no going back.

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Too Earnest for Twitter: A Conversation with Cameron Esposito

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Cameron Esposito discusses her new memoir, SAVE YOURSELF.

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Silence Is the Fertile Field: Talking with Fenton Johnson

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Fenton Johnson discusses his new book, AT THE CENTER OF ALL BEAUTY.

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Marital Piss

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My body tightened as the knee-jerk worry of being seen and outed flooded back.

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