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Observations of an Inquisitive Mind: Fruit by Bruce Snider

  • David Meischen
  • July 31, 2020
These are not poems of self-pity. Far from it.
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Death, Satan, and Cats: A Conversation with Rabih Alameddine

  • Reneysh Vittal
  • October 4, 2017
Rabih Alameddine discusses his newest novel, The Angel of History, surviving the AIDS epidemic, and the role of religion in his life and writing.
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He’s All Goat

  • Whit Arnold
  • August 1, 2017
I stared up at him, at his new muscular legs, his blossoming body, his trunks, his glory, in awe. I waited as long as I could, pretending to turn the two options over in my head, before saying, “Suicide.”
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Scarecrow

  • David Sellers
  • January 9, 2017
My future grew dimmer. Just moments after computing in my head that I was gay, my mom stomped down the stairs.
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The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #1: Are We Amused Yet?

  • Charles Kruger
  • July 15, 2016
Here is something I’ve always believed: Just knowing I am an artist, asserting that identity, is more important than what I produce. It is a victory in itself.
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Behind Trees: Hiding and Finding Yourself in The Sims

  • Joe Wadlington
  • April 11, 2016
As I became increasingly jealous of the boys, I got angrier. This was complex because I spent the days worshipping them.
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(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Bruce Owens Grimm

  • Bruce Owens Grimm
  • March 29, 2016
The more secrets I wrote about, the fewer I wanted to keep. And the more secrets I made public through my writing, the more I gained.
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Different Love

  • Allison Green
  • March 8, 2016
Let me be clear: I’m not interested in changing. I’ve made my choice, and I’m happy.
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(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Dale Corvino

  • Dale Corvino
  • December 21, 2015
There’s a connection between the longings of the characters I develop in my fiction and my urge to dominate.
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A Clean Break

  • Jeffrey Zuckerman
  • October 1, 2015
I needed not to love poetry anymore, needed not to miss having loved poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Christopher Bollen

  • Will Chancellor
  • September 16, 2015
Author Christopher Bollen talks about his sophomore novel, Orient, secrets and privacy, sexual orientation in fiction, and the lost art of the whodunit mystery.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #30: Paula Whyman in Conversation with SM Shrake

  • Paula Whyman
  • October 1, 2010
Paula Whyman talks with SM Shrake about his annual witch costume in The Rumpus’s thirtieth mini-interview!
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