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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: Mustard Seeds

  • Maggie Tokuda-Hall
  • August 1, 2022
At the end of the week, which was long with sleepless nights, Miri picked her heart out of the kitchen sink, put it in a paper lunch bag, and took it to the witch.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Christine No

  • Jennifer Lewis
  • November 4, 2021
“Balance is its own beautiful practice.”
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Pine Street

  • Amanda Oliver
  • October 7, 2021
Did you see an animal? Did you see a bird? What did you see when you looked at me?
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My Boyfriend, His Lover, and Me

  • Edgar Gomez
  • December 1, 2020
There is nothing I want more than a happy ending.
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Deleting Your Photos in a Poppy Field

  • Christopher Soto
  • February 5, 2020
It took all of the world’s beauty for me step forward, once more.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Softest Part

  • Chelsey Grasso
  • July 31, 2019
We sleep and we pretend to sleep. We wait for the day to turn into night.
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Heartbreak and Hair Dye: Talking with Amy Feltman

  • Crystal Hana Kim
  • January 7, 2019
Amy Feltman discusses her debut novel, WILLA & HESPER.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Drink the Wine That Moves You

  • Sarah Earle Záhořík
  • April 25, 2018
Were they all just kittens, really, the comfort of their warm blood the only defense between life and a dump in the river?
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Sunday Rumpus Poetry: Three Poems by Amy Strauss Friedman

  • Amy Strauss Friedman
  • March 12, 2017
I thought that hearts were meant to function as uteri, / to grow linings that bleed clotty when life won’t adhere, / to stall like rusty engines in barren winters, / unprepared for the seasonal shift.
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VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Tara Betts

  • Deesha Philyaw
  • January 18, 2017
Tara Betts discusses her newest collection, Break the Habit, the burden placed on black women artists to be both artist and activist, and why writing is rooted in identity.
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The Rumpus Interview with Sandra Cisneros

  • Olivia Olivia
  • January 13, 2016
Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street, talks about her new memoir, A House of My Own, living in a post-9/11 era, and the necessity of heartbreak.
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FUNNY WOMEN #134: We Want to Make Your Feminist Action Thriller into a Blockbuster Hit!

  • Hannah Murphy
  • January 5, 2016
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