To Survive the World: Build Yourself a Boat by Camonghne Felix
She wants us to know the mental and emotional labor is exhausting.
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Posts Tagged: Mental Health
“Close to You”: A Family’s Love, Depression, and Grief
In my hands is the record of my youth.
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You Never Win, You Never Lose: Talking with Gabriel Birnbaum
Gabriel Birnbaum discusses his new album, NOT ALONE.
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A Kind of Bliss: Odes to Lithium by Shira Erlichman
In these moments, we are there with her, to witness the work of staying sane.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #201: Brian Alan Ellis
“Loneliness is a way of life, man… like punk!”
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Love Story as Case Study: A Conversation with Rheea Mukherjee
Rheea Mukherjee discusses her debut novel, THE BODY MYTH.
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The Image-Maker: A Conversation with Sam Brown
Artist Sam Brown discusses the highs and lows of big artistic dreams.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Shira Erlichman
Shira Erlichman discusses her debut poetry collection, ODES TO LITHIUM.
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Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Emily Arnason Casey
Emily Arnason Casey discusses her debut essay collection, MADE HOLY.
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A Rope to Grab in the Chaos: Talking with Esmé Weijun Wang
Esmé Weijun Wang discusses her debut essay collection, THE COLLECTED SCHIZOPHRENIAS.
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The Mania of Queer Desire: In Praise of Fever Ray’s Plunge
I remember driving a bird mad once.
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The Language of Grief: Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li
To grieve is to demonstrate dedication to those we love.
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I Am the Ignition
I don’t believe in redemption stories.
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Finding the World Within
Secrets are expectations passed down over silent years.
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ENOUGH: Tipping Toward Disaster
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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How I Love Her: On Depression and Suicidal Ideation
Maybe the worst part about living with this is that it doesn’t leave me.
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Doing the Work of Empathy: A Conversation with Marin Sardy
Marin Sardy discusses her debut memoir, THE EDGE OF EVERY DAY: SKETCHES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA.
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Drawing in Circles
Wondering is exhausting.
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Allowing Space: A Conversation with Chia-Chia Lin
Chia-Chia Lin discusses her debut novel, THE UNPASSING.
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Voices on Addiction: They Call It Spirits
Why was he so broken? And why did his broken make me feel broken, too?
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Free Indirect Suicide: An Unfinished Fugue in H Minor
I want a PhD in how to want, effortlessly, to be alive.
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ENOUGH: A Drama Queer Navigates Trauma
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Be Like the Woman
And this is all like. The cloud is going around me.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Esmé Weijun Wang
Esmé Weijun Wang discusses THE COLLECTED SCHIZOPHRENIAS.
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Toil and Trouble
Feet dangle in the foreground, suspended in space by distance and gravity.
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Our Madness: Talking with Sarah Fawn Montgomery
Sarah Fawn Montgomery discusses her debut memoir, QUITE MAD.
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On Suicidal Ideation
It’s not that easy. It’s never that easy.
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Smoke Screen
I am an oracle who, while dispensing answers to all those who seek them, cannot predict my own future.
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A Space for Becoming
Winter is a state of being.
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