From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: Today, You’re a Black Revolutionary
The important thing to remember when climbing a pole, a rope, a mountain is to not look down.
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...moreJacinta V. White discusses her collection of poetry, RESURRECTING THE BONES.
...moreIt’s such a powerful symbol of who she was.
...moreMorgan Parker discusses her newest collection, MAGICAL NEGRO.
...moreLet us teach something new to the next generation that speaks to the lessons we’ve learned.
...moreOne thing I was taught about travel—because my father is a black man born in Alabama in 1950—was that there are safe places for black people to go and places that aren’t as safe.
...moreIt felt like one of those soundtracks where the needle scrapes across the record, and silence prevails.
...moreRumpus editors share their thoughts on Charlottesville and white supremacy. When we have a platform to speak out against hatred and bigotry, we must use it to do so.
...moreWe can’t hide from our history and we can’t pass it on to future generations.
...moreUsing dramatic monologue, Smith unmasks the skinhead’s anger to fend off threats to his way of life.
...moreIn the end, although I wanted you to be more like Charles Bronson or Malcolm or Luke Cage, I am very proud to have witnessed your historic presidency—the successes, and even the disappointments.
...moreI’m a small blue dot living in a blood-red corner of a red state, so I’ve grown accustomed to hearing right wing talking points. I don’t like them, but they surface as regularly in my southwest Florida town as white egrets on the highway and dolphins in the Gulf. Talking points at the grocery store, […]
...moreNow the battle is joined. I will prosecute my part of it as a writer till the last dog dies…
...moreNo one knows exactly what the next four years will bring. But we are always stronger when we protest together.
...moreParker set out to bring a different kind of “slavery movie” to audiences. And it is different.
...moreRanbir Singh Sidhu discusses his new novel, Deep Singh Blue, growing up in rural California, and the privileged, problematic world of publishing.
...moreThe KKK, The Birth of a Nation, and the origins of The Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching.
...moreEllen Meeropol’s debut novel tackles bizarre cult rituals, political violence, drug abuse, infanticide, and the Klan.
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