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From the Archive: The Sunday Rumpus Essay: The Butch and the Bathroom

  • Barrie Jean Borich
  • April 5, 2022
Then there is the bathroom issue. My beloved is like me, like you, like anyone. Sometimes a person has to go.
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Tend

  • Ayla Samli
  • December 9, 2021
Tending has a thickness to it—it entails attention, time, and something like sacrifice.
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Turning the Lights On

  • Tyler Anne Whichard
  • December 8, 2021
I feel guilt in the not good enough I carry alongside the not bad enough.
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On Ghosting

  • Aidan Forster
  • November 9, 2021
To ghost, to refuse, to satisfy yourself with yourself, felt impossibly newfangled, like something I’d like to try.
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This Week in Indie Bookstores

  • Ian MacAllen
  • October 5, 2021
Indie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
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Trying to See a Future: Talking with Beth Gilstrap

  • Kate Finegan
  • October 4, 2021
Beth Gilstrap discusses her new story collection, DEADHEADING.
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This Week in Indie Bookstores

  • Ian MacAllen
  • August 10, 2021
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A Girl-Body Filled with Animals

  • Lee Price
  • June 21, 2021
There was nothing in the world I had ever needed to do quite like dance.
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The Desire for a Pain-Free Existence: Talking with Karen Tucker

  • Aram Mrjoian
  • May 28, 2021
Karen Tucker discusses her debut novel, BEWILDERNESS.
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  • Ian MacAllen
  • April 6, 2021
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Sunflower Sick

  • Sara Heise Graybeal
  • March 15, 2021
Maybe this pandemic will make us a family.
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This Week in Indie Bookstores

  • Ian MacAllen
  • February 23, 2021
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