Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Emily Arnason Casey
Emily Arnason Casey discusses her debut essay collection, MADE HOLY.
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Posts Tagged: Mental Health
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 people 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 people 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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Voices on Addiction: Duet
I trust, nowadays. I have to keep at it
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Compulsion”
It’s like a record skipping inside.
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Every Moment Is a Poem: A Conversation with with Ailey O’Toole
Ailey O’Toole discusses her forthcoming chapbook, GRIEF, AND WHAT COMES AFTER.
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Different Voices: A Conversation with Crystal Hana Kim
Crystal Hana Kim discusses her debut novel, IF YOU LEAVE ME.
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What to Read When It’s Mental Health Month
Rumpus editors recommend books that shed light on what it means to live with mental illness.
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The Emotion of the Moment: Talking with Terese Marie Mailhot
Terese Marie Mailhot discusses her debut memoir, Heart Berries, crafting trauma on the page, and her views on motherhood after writing her memoir.
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Breaking the Rules: A Conversation with Amy B. Scher
Amy B. Scher discusses her memoir, This Is How I Save My Life, what to do when all available treatments have failed, Trump’s presidency, and the power to heal.
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Guns or No Guns: Mental Health Crisis in Schools
I do the best I can to reach out to those I see isolated or disturbed, but I have to also be careful I don’t make myself a target.
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A Spirit Born into a Human Body: Talking with Akwaeke Emezi
Akwaeke Emezi discusses her debut novel, Freshwater, her public and private identities, and deciding when to translate culture for readers.
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