From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Any Good Wife
Airong’s voice was stern, matter-of-fact. “I’m pregnant.”
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ENOUGH: Thawing a Dream
A Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
Defying Gravity: Ryka Aoki’s Light from Uncommon Stars
This book is disarmingly—in fact, unnervingly—amoral.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Cynthia Dewi Oka
Cynthia Dewi Oka discusses her new collection, FIRE IS NOT A COUNTRY.
You Can’t Stop Rivers from Running: Talking with Rajiv Mohabir
Rajiv Mohabir discusses ANTIMAN and CUTLISH.
The Trauma of Surviving: Tastes Like War by Grace M. Cho
Amid all this survival, Cho carries the reader through with the comfort of food.
Tongue Stuck
It was a kind of madness to speak a language to my son that I hadn’t used in almost a decade.
Of Language and Lineage: Carlina Duan’s Alien Miss
All the while, the sound of the poetry behind the telling is sharp, rhythmic, and controlled.
Arriving at the Mystery: A Conversation with Oliver de la Paz
Poet Oliver de la Paz discusses art-making, hybrid forms, and his work.
Sacred and Profane and Infinitely Compassionate: Remembering Anthony Veasna So
Agent Rob McQuilkin and editor Helen Atsma discuss AFTERPARTIES by Anthony Veasna So.
Reinventing the Truth: A Conversation with Anna Qu
Anna Qu discusses her debut memoir, MADE IN CHINA.
We Are More: Shattering the Ethnic Monolith Myth in The Gimmicks
To say the past is in the past ignores the abundant ways it controls their lived experience.