Read Essays Rumpus Original Joe at the Aquarium Ariél M. MartinezDecember 16, 2021 I pushed him so he glided through the fish, the eels, the boxed-in worlds of blues.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Life as a Series of Small Gestures: Talking with Jennifer Fliss Ruth LeFaiveDecember 15, 2021 Jennifer Fliss discusses her debut story collection, THE PREDATORY ANIMAL BALL. Read
Read Features & Reviews Reviews Bear Witness: What Storm, What Thunder by Myriam J. A. Chancy Gracie JordanDecember 8, 2021 Remember us, the characters seem to beg of the reader, imagined mirrors of the real lives lost and mourned.Read
Read Essays Rumpus Original Girl, Falling Lara VergnaudDecember 1, 2021 This made sense to me. Body + stressor = reaction.Read
Read Essays Rumpus Original Wash Karine HackNovember 16, 2021 I hate the word clean. It’s antiseptic, scrubbed raw; it makes me think of sin and guilt and a God I don’t believe in.Read
Read Rumpus Original Voices on Addiction Voices on Addiction: Vessel Hillary LeftwichNovember 15, 2021 We both can disappear in our own ways, can't we?Read
Read Essays Rumpus Original What Russian Grammar Taught Me about Death Alison MackeNovember 11, 2021 I wanted to feel in control of something, but I didn’t know how to say that.Read
Read Features & Reviews Poetry Rumpus Original Smoke Signals to the Dead: A Conversation with Jenny Qi Tria WenNovember 10, 2021 Jenny Qi discusses her debut poetry collection, FOCAL POINT.Read
Read Features & Reviews Poetry Reviews Holding Together What’s Left: The Blues of Heaven by Barbara Ras Kelly TerwilligerNovember 5, 2021 You want to, but do you? Do you dare hope?Read
Read Features & Reviews Mini-Interviews The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Lindsay Merbaum Ina Roy-FadermanOctober 28, 2021 “It was like wandering through my own labyrinth.”Read
Read Features & Reviews Poetry Rumpus Original Gods Arrive Where We Pay Attention: A Conversation with Avni Vyas Erin HooverOctober 20, 2021 Avni Vyas discusses her debut poetry collection, LITTLE GOD.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Reclaiming the Roots of Self-Care: A Conversation with Nneka M. Okona Celeste ChanOctober 11, 2021 Nneka M. Okona discusses her new book, SELF-CARE FOR GRIEF.Read