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From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Prescriptions

  • Ruth Madievsky
  • May 22, 2023
I wore sobriety like a shirt that was too tight in the shoulders, and everyone around me knew it.
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Life as a Series of Small Gestures: Talking with Jennifer Fliss

  • Ruth LeFaive
  • December 15, 2021
Jennifer Fliss discusses her debut story collection, THE PREDATORY ANIMAL BALL.
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A Transcendent Wilderness: Andrew J. Graff’s Raft of Stars

  • David Grandouiller
  • September 8, 2021
In particular, Graff’s river is numinous. It’s the center of everything.
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Illuminating the Darkness: Madeleine L’Engle’s The Moment of Tenderness

  • Emma Boggs
  • May 5, 2021
For anyone looking for some truth and tenderness amidst a still-trying time, look no further.
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Spotlight: “Drive-Thru”

  • Teresa Wong
  • March 16, 2021
Wait, is that a crow with a ketchup packet in its mouth?
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Magical Truth: A Conversation with Chloe N. Clark

  • Kate Finegan
  • July 10, 2020
Chloe N. Clark discusses her debut story collection, COLLECTIVE GRAVITIES.
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Metamorphoses: The Uninhabitable Earth and The Overstory

  • Harrison Hill
  • January 15, 2020
And then, from this scorched landscape, transformation.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #198: Rene Denfeld

  • Cameron Finch
  • October 31, 2019
“Healing is a process you must actively engage in.”
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The Mystery Tugs: Talking with Joel Mowdy

  • Tommy Dean
  • June 19, 2019
Joel Mowdy discusses his debut story collection, FLOYD HARBOR.
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The Bent Hourglass: Living in Crip Time

  • Hope Henderson
  • June 5, 2019
This is how to be sick, or hurt: give up on fast time.
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Letters in the Early Light of Morning

  • Ira Sukrungruang
  • February 19, 2019
Maybe you have come to save us. From what? From ourselves.
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How I Learned to Hope Again

  • Abraham A. Joven
  • June 14, 2018
And in order to hope, I have to once more believe—in the midst of unrelenting dark—that light exists even if I cannot see it.
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