Read Rumpus Original Voices on Addiction Voices on Addiction: Motherless in Albertsons Melissa StephensonJanuary 21, 2022 I am sick with grief, triggered by my mother’s death, in turn triggered by Chardonnay.Read
Read Features & Reviews Poetry Reviews A Space of Sanctuary: Mother Country by Elana Bell Holly MasonMarch 26, 2021 The body, like a country, holds so much, and all at once.Read
Read Rumpus Original Coming Clean Ben GwinJune 12, 2018 Intellectually, I know Gracie’s mom loves her and needs help. In practice, I just want my daughter safe.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original The Gate of Permission: A Conversation with Victoria Redel Jane RatcliffeJuly 14, 2017 Victoria Redel discusses her newest novel, Before Everything, living through and beyond grief, and why she loves secrets.Read
Read Book Club Blog Rumpus Original The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Paul Lisicky The Rumpus Book ClubJanuary 20, 2016 The Rumpus Book Club talks with Paul Lisicky about his new book The Narrow Door>/em>, how much of your story you own, and the importance of reading your own work aloud.Read
Read Rumpus Original All Those Stars Karen PalmerJanuary 1, 2016 Twenty-one years ago my mother stopped her dialysis treatments before they’d barely begun, a decision that prematurely ended her life.Read
Read Features & Reviews What Happened to Sheila Dan ChaonJanuary 8, 2009 “Don’t worry, I’m not dying,” said my wife Sheila. But she was.Read