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Rumpus Exclusive: “Dear G.B.”

  • Jessica Lind Peterson
  • January 11, 2021
There are many ways to be ripped to shreds.
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Westward, Onward

  • Willa Zhang
  • December 14, 2020
It comes down to this: I feel the need to prove I belong here.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #228: Alden Jones

  • Mathina Calliope
  • August 13, 2020
“You can make any topic enough in the telling.”
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Tom May’s Hiking Boots

  • Allyson McCabe and Esme Blegvad
  • November 21, 2019
It’s good to know I’ll always be prepared for what’s out there.
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The Rumpus Interview with Vanessa Hua

  • Melissa Sipin
  • December 21, 2016
Vanessa Hua discusses her debut collection, Deceit and Other Possibilities, writing fiction in order to understand life as an American-born child of immigrants, and the importance of literary community.
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The Trouble with Confidence

  • Chivas Sandage
  • December 14, 2016
“But what are the statistics? Aren’t you taking a similar risk just driving?” Wide-eyed, attentive, he leans forward slightly.
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Trail’s End

  • Janet Banks
  • October 4, 2016
“This must be where we meander,” I said with relief. “How far do you think we’ve come?”
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Don’t Follow the Leader: Tips for the Desert

  • David Breithaupt
  • September 27, 2016
Hiking for me is meditation if I approach it mindfully. When (my brother) Jim Breithaupt hiked the Huachuca Passage in the Arizona desert with family, he encountered some mishaps along the…
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The Mortgage Arrangement

  • Janis Cooke Newman
  • August 26, 2016
It’s true that real estate can’t save a marriage. But it might be equally true that it can save a relationship.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Accidental Curators

  • Steven D. Howe
  • March 5, 2016
He staggers; he loses his standoff with gravity. It was never a fair fight.
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Ursa Major

  • Anne Elizabeth O'Regan
  • February 12, 2016
Last month a bear ripped into my tent, clenched his teeth onto my upper left arm, just below my shoulder, and would not let go.
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The Hermit and the Hawk

  • B.J. Hollars
  • December 8, 2015
As the morning progresses I become less interested in where Zirrer had lived, and more interested in what brought him here to begin with. Why, I wonder, does a man choose to opt out of the world?
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