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From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: The Anniversary

  • Cathy Mellett
  • July 3, 2023
There lay her gift, basking in the sunlight. A gray-green lizard the size of a shoe. It stood so still she thought it was fake.
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Voices on Addiction: Vessel

  • Hillary Leftwich
  • November 15, 2021
We both can disappear in our own ways, can't we?
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Karen Salyer McElmurray

  • Chris Moore
  • June 10, 2021
“The grief felt like giving birth, these waves of pain and then receiving.”
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For Now

  • Jessica Wahlstrom
  • November 5, 2020
If I get sick again and I can’t get better, my heart will break too intensely.
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The Sound of Beginning: Birthright by George Abraham

  • J. David
  • October 9, 2020
These poems present a challenge to the typically imposed strictures of ownership, narrative, and solution.
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If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home Now

  • Robin Jennings
  • September 15, 2020
I’ve been everywhere, but I don’t belong anywhere.
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Between Lightness and Shadow: A Conversation with Kapka Kassabova

  • Sarah Haas
  • August 21, 2020
Kapka Kassabova discusses her latest book, TO THE LAKE.
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Circuitous Journeys: Talking with Sejal Shah

  • Madhushree Ghosh
  • May 20, 2020
Sejal Shah discusses her debut essay collection, THIS IS ONE WAY TO DANCE.
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Voices on Addiction: Call Us Beautiful

  • Vanessa Mártir
  • May 12, 2020
I’m saying people can be imperfect and still be remembered as beautiful.
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Teddy Ruxpin

  • M.M. Carrigan
  • March 4, 2020
There’s a collective guilt. So, our parents buy us friends.
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Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Emily Arnason Casey

  • Laurie Easter
  • September 17, 2019
Emily Arnason Casey discusses her debut essay collection, MADE HOLY.
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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal and Excerpt from Home Making

  • Lee Matalone
  • September 16, 2019
An exclusive cover reveal + excerpt from Lee Matalone's debut, HOME MAKING.
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