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Body of Nonsense

  • Sophie Amado
  • January 20, 2020
It is winter, and I’ve been thinking a lot about Samuel Beckett.
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Fragmenting Forward: Brute by Emily Skaja

  • Abigail McFee
  • November 1, 2019
After all, isn’t this often the truth of loss? What once was home becomes a graveyard.
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Split Chins, Open Coats

  • Anna Leigh Knowles
  • July 10, 2019
My whistle was useless. Using it felt like an insult.
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This Week in Indie Bookstores

  • Ian MacAllen
  • August 14, 2018
Indie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
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This Week in Indie Bookstores

  • Ian MacAllen
  • May 22, 2018
Indie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
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This Week in Indie Bookstores

  • Ian MacAllen
  • April 17, 2018
Indie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
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This Week in Indie Bookstores

  • Ian MacAllen
  • April 10, 2018
Indie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
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Becoming Bodies

  • Micah McCrary
  • February 5, 2018
[W]e wanted something different from each other's bodies than what was actually there, which might be why our bodies sometimes came together.
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The Last Book I Loved: So Long, See You Tomorrow

  • Kevin Dean
  • December 20, 2016
By drawing us into his childhood, Maxwell shows us how to revisit our own. We become the storytellers of our own lives.
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Weekend Rumpus Roundup

  • Amanda Hildebrand
  • December 19, 2016
First, Ruby Hansen Murray explores the surreal landscapes of historic Native American locations turned educational tourist hotspots in the Saturday Rumpus Essay, as she journeys with the Osage Nation Historical…
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United We Stand

  • The Rumpus
  • November 15, 2016
No one knows exactly what the next four years will bring. But we are always stronger when we protest together.
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When Home Doesn’t Embrace

  • Rosamund Lannin
  • September 26, 2016
Roxane Gay is from the Midwest, but as a woman of color she feels like an outsider in the rural places she often inhabits. In an essay for Brevity, “Black in Middle…
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