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From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: The Bad Kind of Puppy

  • Rita Chang-Eppig
  • April 17, 2023
That was when she realized: the ticking was coming from inside herself.
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From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Lunch Money

  • Gabrielle Rucker
  • February 20, 2023
Out here on the balcony, perched three stories above the ground, we’re in her world.
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From the Archives: Voices on Addiction: None of This Is Bullshit

  • Sheree L. Greer
  • January 27, 2023
I was fine. No one and nothing could hurt me.
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From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Emergency Lifeboats: 24 (12 on Each Side)

  • Joseph Santaella Vidal
  • January 16, 2023
“What’s a six-letter word for ignoring truth,” she might say, without looking up from the puzzle.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Breaking Through

  • Rebecca Godwin
  • August 22, 2022
I read somewhere that sounds don’t stop, they keep going all the way into deep space, reflecting off whatever might be in the way and speeding infinitely on. My head feels like deep space, and those voices haven’t even begun to wind down in there.
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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: Today, You’re a Black Revolutionary

  • Jade Jones
  • July 4, 2022
The important thing to remember when climbing a pole, a rope, a mountain is to not look down.
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From the Archive: Explicit Violence

  • Lidia Yuknavitch
  • June 28, 2022
Afterward, there was dead silence in the kitchen. I know because I held my breath. Even air molecules seemed to still.
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From the Archive: What It Is to Be Human: Talking with Ottessa Moshfegh

  • Maria Anderson
  • June 17, 2022
Ottessa Moshfegh discusses her new novel, MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION.
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ENOUGH: Thawing a Dream

  • The Rumpus
  • March 11, 2022
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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Voices on Addiction: Motherless in Albertsons

  • Melissa Stephenson
  • January 21, 2022
I am sick with grief, triggered by my mother’s death, in turn triggered by Chardonnay.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Cynthia Dewi Oka

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • December 28, 2021
Cynthia Dewi Oka discusses her new collection, FIRE IS NOT A COUNTRY.
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The Rumpus Mini Interview Project: Carribean Fragoza

  • Janet Rodriguez
  • December 21, 2021
“I always try to locate stories deep inside myself, physically and emotionally.”
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