From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: Forty-Six
Waiting to turn forty-six is like standing in the unrelenting sunshine.
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From the Archive: The Saturday Rumpus Essay: I Left My Heart in Taos
You might gasp. You might gasp and your heart slips out. You whisper and let red willows drift toward the river.
Rumpus Original Fiction: My Mother Fires Guns
You are never really at peace with what you haven’t gotten.
Conversations with Literary Ex-Cons: Gustavo Alvarez
Gustavo “Goose” Alvarez talks with Cullen Thomas about PRISON RAMEN, and more.
The Blacker the Berry, the Quicker They Shoot
Fear is real. Pain is real. Loss is real. Suffering is real.
Within the Scope
While my friends write their truths in nearby cabins, I wear my silence like a bulletproof vest.
Between Sex and Death: Deborah Landau’s Soft Targets
Survival, for Landau, is both instinctual and ultimately pointless.
Lady Justice
I imagine Lady Justice’s fingers tipping the scales: Rose to leave, and me to sleep.
Rumpus Original Fiction: Shelter in Place
I tell Kurinda I'd lie flat on the floor under a pile of jackets.
SquareRoot of Love: Broken Heart
We must find a way to keep the roots of love and justice strong.