Read Fiction Rumpus Original From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: The Anniversary Cathy MellettJuly 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.Read
Read Rumpus Original Voices on Addiction Voices on Addiction: Vessel Hillary LeftwichNovember 15, 2021 We both can disappear in our own ways, can't we?Read
Read Features & Reviews Mini-Interviews The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Karen Salyer McElmurray Chris MooreJune 10, 2021 “The grief felt like giving birth, these waves of pain and then receiving.”Read
Read Rumpus Original For Now Jessica WahlstromNovember 5, 2020 If I get sick again and I can’t get better, my heart will break too intensely.Read
Read Features & Reviews Poetry Reviews The Sound of Beginning: Birthright by George Abraham J. DavidOctober 9, 2020 These poems present a challenge to the typically imposed strictures of ownership, narrative, and solution.Read
Read Film Rumpus Original If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home Now Robin JenningsSeptember 15, 2020 I’ve been everywhere, but I don’t belong anywhere.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Between Lightness and Shadow: A Conversation with Kapka Kassabova Sarah HaasAugust 21, 2020 Kapka Kassabova discusses her latest book, TO THE LAKE.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Circuitous Journeys: Talking with Sejal Shah Madhushree GhoshMay 20, 2020 Sejal Shah discusses her debut essay collection, THIS IS ONE WAY TO DANCE.Read
Read Rumpus Original Voices on Addiction Voices on Addiction: Call Us Beautiful Vanessa MártirMay 12, 2020 I’m saying people can be imperfect and still be remembered as beautiful.Read
Read Rumpus Original Teddy Ruxpin M.M. CarriganMarch 4, 2020 There’s a collective guilt. So, our parents buy us friends.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Voices on Addiction Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Emily Arnason Casey Laurie EasterSeptember 17, 2019 Emily Arnason Casey discusses her debut essay collection, MADE HOLY.Read
Read Features & Reviews Reprint Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal and Excerpt from Home Making Lee MataloneSeptember 16, 2019 An exclusive cover reveal + excerpt from Lee Matalone's debut, HOME MAKING.Read