Hilary Collins

  • Weekend Rumpus Roundup

    First, in “Empowerment Inc.,” Brandon Hicks satirizes those who whitewash the legitimate challenges of women, people of color, and the LGBTQ community. Then, in the Saturday Essay, Haley Swanson reaches for solace in the face of her mother’s drinking problem and…

  • The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Widow

    The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Widow

    If he had died in the Civil War, the extent of my mourning would have been a scandal. He was not my husband, my fiancé, my father, or my brother.