Tracing the Wolf
To brand myself with something I feared and sought to subdue seemed like a reclamation.
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Join NOW!To brand myself with something I feared and sought to subdue seemed like a reclamation.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreJoshua Henkin discusses his new novel, MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS.
...moreChoose, the specter points in opposite directions.
...more“My challenge was to tell my own story but also find ways to weave in wisdom and gravitas.”
...more“In the act of writing about it and revising it, I’m still having the experience.”
...moreBecka Mara McKay discusses her new poetry collection, THE LITTLE BOOK OF NO CONSOLATION.
...moreMelissa Broder discusses her new novel, MILK FED.
...more“Any good poem has form and acts out its meanings in form.”
...moreThe survivor is left to ponder whom he has become.
...moreThe horror of violence is not assuaged by announcing it quickly.
...moreHow does a fictional account come to stand in for history?
...moreSzczepan Twardoch discusses his novel, THE KING OF WARSAW.
...more“Ultimately art is about making sense of our brief lives on earth.”
...moreIt’s de Sola’s genuineness in portraying this tightrope act that is Frozen Charlotte’s chief virtue.
...moreHadley Freeman discusses her new memoir, HOUSE OF GLASS.
...moreJosh Lambert discusses the anthology HOW YIDDISH CHANGED AMERICA AND HOW AMERICA CHANGED YIDDISH.
...moreCameron Dezen Hammon discusses her debut memoir, THIS IS MY BODY.
...moreRosebud Ben-Oni discusses her new collection, TURN AROUND, BRXGHT XYXS.
...moreTo scrutinize the past, one must approach the walls between then and now.
...more“We all fail to do the right thing some of the time.”
...moreI nearly got disowned over my decision not to pass on the family name.
...moreThank God music has wings and it can fly wherever, even countries we can’t reach.
...moreWondering is exhausting.
...moreIrina Reyn discusses her new novel, MOTHER COUNTRY.
...moreSophia Shalmiyev discusses her debut memoir, MOTHER WINTER.
...moreAmy Feltman discusses her debut novel, WILLA & HESPER.
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