From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Even the Moon
When you finished, several minutes passed before we spoke. You dipped a finger in a pool of candle wax. How could I know this was the only real secret you’d ever kept?
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Posts Tagged: infidelity
From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: Mustard Seeds
At the end of the week, which was long with sleepless nights, Miri picked her heart out of the kitchen sink, put it in a paper lunch bag, and took it to the witch.
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The Last Poem I Loved: “In Defense of Our Overgrown Garden” by Matthea Harvey
I read poetry for enjoyment now, to feel seen, and to see the world differently.
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Pine Street
Did you see an animal? Did you see a bird? What did you see when you looked at me?
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Danny”
Allow her to bewitch you as she bewitches all who cross her path.
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In All the History of Wanting
For what, after all, is more monstrous than a woman who wants?
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Notes Toward the End of the World
At the beginning of the trip, we couldn’t wait to reach the end of the world.
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Claiming Our Untold Stories: Talking with Gina Frangello
Gina Frangello discusses her debut memoir, BLOW YOUR HOUSE DOWN.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Dirty Little Secrets”
They were alone, and in his apartment, but not in the way he’d imagined it to be.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Black Talk
She wanted more, but couldn’t fathom releasing what she already had.
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Complicating Unhelpful Binaries: Talking with Deesha Philyaw
Deesha Philyaw discusses her debut story collection, THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
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Voices on Addiction: The Monster’s Matchstick Mistress
I want to see myself as a whole person.
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My Boyfriend, His Lover, and Me
There is nothing I want more than a happy ending.
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What Toulouse-Lautrec Taught Me about Intimacy
I wanted to stop withholding from them, but withholding was like a drug.
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A Story of Memory: Machine by Susan Steinberg
The narrator is trapped here, in the summer her family and her life fell apart.
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Otherwordly: Talking with Rosebud Ben-Oni
Rosebud Ben-Oni discusses her new collection, TURN AROUND, BRXGHT XYXS.
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Voices on Addiction: The Promises
In my secret mind I saw him; I spoke to him every day.
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Both Aggressor and Victim: Adèle by Leïla Slimani
Who is Adèle Robinson, really, and what is it, exactly, that happened to her?
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A Box Full of Darkness: Talking with Adrienne Brodeur
Adrienne Brodeur discusses her new memoir, WILD GAME.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Someone Will Come and Get Us
It always feels like I’m making a mistake on purpose.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Softest Part
We sleep and we pretend to sleep. We wait for the day to turn into night.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #185: Lisa Taddeo
“It’s cruel to not say, I see you. I know you exist.”
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Be Like the Woman
And this is all like. The cloud is going around me.
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Jill Sobule’s Favorite Spy Cars
I wasn’t into girl stuff, but I loved James Bond!
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Beginnings
It is often a curse, this imagination of mine. Life pales in comparison.
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Building the Muscle: A Conversation with Kristi Coulter
Kristi Coulter discusses her debut essay collection, NOTHING GOOD CAN COME FROM THIS.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Earth Revolves around the Sun
I imagined myself from the outside: the picture of a woman waiting.
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Mom Vagina
When the physical therapist explains the electric dildo she holds in her hand will reset the nerve endings in my vagina so I won’t need to pee every hour, I say, “Get it in me and let’s go.”
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Rumpus Exclusive: “The Last Civilized House” by Lee Martin
Once upon a time, there was a man and a wife and a child that the wife decided she didn’t want.
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Playing God: A Conversation with Daniel Olivas
Daniel Olivas discusses his recent short story collection, The King of Lighting Fixtures, writing humor, and the role of religion in his work.
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