Beauty in the Ugly of Living: Talking with Alex Poppe
Alex Poppe discusses her new novel, MOXIE.
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Posts Tagged: gender inequality
Everyone You Love Is Broke: The Not Wives by Carley Moore
How do you go on when the losses seem unbearable?
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Art, Action, and Redaction: A Conversation with Isobel O’Hare
Isobel O’Hare discusses her debut full-length collection, ALL THIS CAN BE YOURS.
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Heart Work
I want them to know that heart work is hard work, but worth the struggle.
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Let Go the Reins: Talking with H. S. Cross
H. S. Cross discusses her new novel, GRIEVOUS.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #191: Cardy Raper
“I don’t think you ever have it all.”
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Slouching Toward Vantage: A Conversation with Taneum Bambrick
Taneum Bambrick discusses her debut poetry collection, VANTAGE.
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Mama’s Fancy Stripper Heels: Working Mothers Dish
[A] person’s labor is not indicative of their parenting.
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Masculinity and Fatal Desire in The Skin I Live In
Why, in art of all things, should we ignore the intuition of the body?
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FUNNY WOMEN: Introducing Alex, the Male Alexa
Meet Alex: a new smart speaker designed by the very best in Silicon Valley.
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The Uncovered Story: A Conversation with Laura Lippman
Laura Lippman discusses her newest novel, LADY IN THE LAKE.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #185: Lisa Taddeo
“It’s cruel to not say, I see you. I know you exist.”
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The Thread: Art Monsters
I don’t want to be a martyr or a monster. I want to be human.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #184: Caroline Hagood
“I wanted to write a manifesto on the artistic act of a woman looking and making.”
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The Fantasy of the Femme Fatale
I couldn’t help but see these women-led stories as missed opportunities.
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What Turns Up: A Conversation with Peg Alford Pursell
Peg Alford Pursell discusses her new story collection, A GIRL GOES INTO THE FOREST.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Whimsical Abortion Procedures
Pay off the stork to remove your house from its route.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #96: Voices of Displacement
Thank God music has wings and it can fly wherever, even countries we can’t reach.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Nicole Dennis-Benn
Nicole Dennis-Benn discusses her second novel, PATSY.
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Finding the World Within
Secrets are expectations passed down over silent years.
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The Demands of Domestic Labor: A Conversation with Megan K. Stack
Megan K. Stack discusses her new memoir, WOMEN’S WORK.
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My Burning Tongue
What price have we paid for our silence?
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #179: Miriam Toews
“The root causes of patriarchal violence need to be understood.”
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ENOUGH: Rape of a Goddess
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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The Luxury of Choice: Talking with Joanne Ramos
Joanne Ramos discusses her debut novel, THE FARM.
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ENOUGH: Beneath the Towering Pines
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary people that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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What to Read When You Want to Rethink Motherhood
Rumpus editors share a Mother’s Day reading list to challenge traditional views of motherhood!
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A Cleansing Tornado: Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff by Sara Borjas
Undergirding all the truth about pain is the triumph that comes from having a heart like a window and a mouth like a cliff.
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Nurture Rupture: On Motherhood, Writing, and Gender Inequality
Do I have a public self that is separate from my private self? I’m not so certain about that.
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