Illness Archives - Page 2 of 10

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Sara Martin

Dec 2, 2020

Old Child

We laughed hard, loudly, in the chemo room. We didn’t have to be good.

The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Molly Spencer

Book Club Blog, Features & Reviews, Poetry, Rumpus Original

The Rumpus Book Club

Nov 24, 2020

The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Molly Spencer

Molly Spencer discusses her new collection, HINGE.

The Hope of Time: Talking with Judith H. Montgomery

Features & Reviews, Poetry, Rumpus Original

Mary Christine Delea

Nov 6, 2020

The Hope of Time: Talking with Judith H. Montgomery

Judith H. Montgomery discusses her latest poetry collection, MERCY.

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Jessica Wahlstrom

Nov 5, 2020

For Now

If I get sick again and I can’t get better, my heart will break too intensely.

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Magin LaSov Gregg

Oct 20, 2020

Divestment

Secrecy stitched us a fraudulent reality. Denial masqueraded as hope.

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Amory Rowe Salem

Oct 6, 2020

Fool Me Once

The first time I had my breasts removed was hard. The second time, less so.

A Little Bit Irreverent, a Little Bit Truthful: Talking with Megan Cummins

Features & Reviews, Rumpus Original

Svetlana Satchkova

Sep 11, 2020

A Little Bit Irreverent, a Little Bit Truthful: Talking with Megan Cummins

Megan Cummins discusses her debut story collection, IF THE BODY ALLOWS IT.

When Background Becomes Foreground: Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown

Features & Reviews, Reviews

Jessica Fu

Jun 24, 2020

When Background Becomes Foreground: Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown

Chinatown comes to vivid life in Yu’s hands.

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Anna Held

Jun 23, 2020

Body Inheritance

I needed my beauty to be invisible, either accidental or not at all.

Features & Reviews, Reprint

Marcia Trahan

Jun 8, 2020

Rumpus Exclusive: “The Beautiful Dead”

It was personal, as the detectives on my favorite shows always said.

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Kyla Schuller

Jun 2, 2020

Losing Paradise

What my mind cannot yet fathom, my body already knows.

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Mary Mandeville

May 6, 2020

It’s a Beautiful (Toxic) Life

My defensiveness has never been what’s saved me.

illness

Old Child

The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Molly Spencer

The Hope of Time: Talking with Judith H. Montgomery

For Now

Divestment

Fool Me Once

A Little Bit Irreverent, a Little Bit Truthful: Talking with Megan Cummins

When Background Becomes Foreground: Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown

Body Inheritance

Rumpus Exclusive: “The Beautiful Dead”

Losing Paradise

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