Manifest Destiny

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Willa Zhang

Dec 14, 2020

Westward, Onward

It comes down to this: I feel the need to prove I belong here.
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Chelsea T. Hicks

Feb 11, 2017

The Saturday Rumpus Essay: The Living Wound

Ancestors need a scratch, a stretch sometimes, too.
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Laura Da'

Aug 27, 2016

The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Pain Scale Treaties

Perched on the shoulders of generational trauma sit these two theses: suffering begets cruelty begets suffering begets cruelty, and pain is empathy’s catalyst.