From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Emergency Lifeboats: 24 (12 on Each Side)
“What’s a six-letter word for ignoring truth,” she might say, without looking up from the puzzle.
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The Woman in My Head: A Conversation with Emily Maloney
There’s a lot of rules or feelings about how writing a book should be, but very little of that actually corresponds with reality.
From the Archive: Unbound
It’s always been ground glass, scraping against my insides. I imagine a light held to the place where I open would illuminate a mess of torn flesh, throbbing red-wet.
A Small Universe Set in Motion: Talking with Amanda Moore
Amanda Moore discusses her debut poetry collection, REQUEENING.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Amy Mackelden and Dr. Dylan Jaggard
“We wanted to give voice to people who are often spoken for.”
A Girl-Body Filled with Animals
There was nothing in the world I had ever needed to do quite like dance.
The Space Between Vertebrae
My hands grow cold and rigid. In those blue-tinged palms, I can see my future.
Claiming Our Untold Stories: Talking with Gina Frangello
Gina Frangello discusses her debut memoir, BLOW YOUR HOUSE DOWN.
True Detective and a Greyhound: On Imagination and Survival
It’s exhausting, I realize, to constantly convince myself that I matter.