From the Archive: The Saturday Rumpus Essay: I Left My Heart in Taos
You might gasp. You might gasp and your heart slips out. You whisper and let red willows drift toward the river.
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Posts Tagged: Mental Health
Call for Submissions: Themed Month
This May, during Mental Health Awareness Month, The Rumpus will be exploring this subject through the lens of the things that keep us going.
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Girl, Falling
This made sense to me. Body + stressor = reaction.
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Trouble the Waters: A Conversation with Louise Marburg
Louise Marburg discusses her new story collection, NO DIVING ALLOWED.
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Searching for Sleeper Trains
There aren’t enough trains in Los Angeles. Not enough for me to sleep.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Christine No
“Balance is its own beautiful practice.”
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Reclaiming the Roots of Self-Care: A Conversation with Nneka M. Okona
Nneka M. Okona discusses her new book, SELF-CARE FOR GRIEF.
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Felt Space
If I were to stare into a mirror, I’m not sure I would see anything back.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Amy Mackelden and Dr. Dylan Jaggard
“We wanted to give voice to people who are often spoken for.”
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ENOUGH: The Color of the Cast
A Rumpus series of work by women, trans, and nonbinary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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The Legality of Love
I remember when I learned there is a syntax to love.
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Uncollapsing Memory: A Conversation with Vince Granata
Vince Granata discusses his debut memoir, EVERYTHING IS FINE.
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A Quiet Epidemic: Jessica Zucker’s I Had A Miscarriage: A Memoir, A Movement
While the event of a miscarriage may only be a moment, the body and mind grieve long after.
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Asking the Right Questions: Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom becomes an experiment in itself.
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Some of the Places I Am Stuck
I lived there, suspended in the moment before I chose to move.
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Making It Through: A Conversation with Kelly J. Baker
Kelly J. Baker discusses her new essay collection, FINAL GIRL.
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History as a Bridge to Belonging: A Conversation with Caroline Kim
Caroline Kim discusses her debut collection, THE PRINCE OF MOURNFUL THOUGHTS AND OTHER STORIES.
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Embracing the Grotesque: Talking with Lisa Hanawalt
Lisa Hanawalt discusses her new book, I WANT YOU.
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The Discourse of Undocumentedness: Talking with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio discusses her first book, THE UNDOCUMENTED AMERICANS.
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Writing to Cope: Talking with Yaffa S. Santos
Yaffa S. Santos discusses her debut novel, A TASTE OF SAGE.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Marlin M. Jenkins
“I really believe that if it matters to the writer, it can find space in the poem.”
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Voices on Addiction: Fallen
There is no finality to this grief. Only a series of losses, compounded.
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If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home Now
I’ve been everywhere, but I don’t belong anywhere.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #230: Carley Moore
“I like to tell my secrets.”
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Reina with White Roses
A block away from my house, Reina killed herself.
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Bring the Inward Outward: Talking with Greg Mania
Greg Mania discusses his debut memoir, BORN TO BE PUBLIC.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Matthew Salesses
Matthew Salesses discusses his new novel, DISAPPEAR DOPPELGÄNGER DISAPPEAR.
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Varied States of Breaking
This, I learned, is what rawness tasted like. I wanted more.
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Trauma as Inheritance: Adam P. Frankel’s The Survivors
The survivor is left to ponder whom he has become.
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