From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: On the Last Day, the Ancestors Came
If this were the end, May needed to see.
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Posts Tagged: on monsters
Spines of the Finwomen
This may be a reclamation story.
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Lady Justice
I imagine Lady Justice’s fingers tipping the scales: Rose to leave, and me to sleep.
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The Crack-Up
If I slept… All night, I stayed awake.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Two Flash Fictions by Andrea Passwater
Could scars be daughters? The hands don’t understand why I am asking this.
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Expunging the Bogeyman: Sady Doyle’s Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers
The root of these imagined, monstrous versions of women, Doyle argues, is fear.
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Everything Tastes Better in Winter
Perfection over pasta. Beauty over bread. The more it hurt, the better.
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Aswang as a Second Language
She holds me. We hold each other.
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Impossible Hope
The system does not protect or serve those we call “aliens.”
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Terror Is a Faggot with Halal Sausages Strapped to His Chest
Dishonesty became a form of protection.
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Everyday Ferocity: Kathleen Hale’s Kathleen Hale Is a Crazy Stalker
Throughout the collection, Hale speaks with an assured, accessible voice.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “The Hunger”
White Castle or McDonald’s? Death always made her hungry.
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The Rumpus Interview Mini-Interview Project #196: Cathy Ulrich
“I hope it will mean as much to readers as it does to me.”
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Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Michael Dhyne
Mother, what was I before this?
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Both Aggressor and Victim: Adèle by Leïla Slimani
Who is Adèle Robinson, really, and what is it, exactly, that happened to her?
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A Modern-Day Witch: Talking Augusten Burroughs
Augusten Burroughs discusses his new memoir, TOIL & TROUBLE.
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Driven from the Village with Pitchforks
“Monster” is a good name for anything you want to destroy.
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Scripture and Ebony: A Love Story
At some point, I would have to break my silence.
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Negotiating Girlhood: A Conversation with Jaquira Díaz
Jaquira Díaz discusses her debut memoir, ORDINARY GIRLS.
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A Box Full of Darkness: Talking with Adrienne Brodeur
Adrienne Brodeur discusses her new memoir, WILD GAME.
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In the Dark
He was the creature under the bed, the ghost in the attic, the monster in the closet.
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Doesn’t It Keep You Up at Night?
The dark holds me as long as I will let it.
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Both Ways at Once: Talking with Helen Phillips
Helen Phillips discusses her new novel, THE NEED.
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ENOUGH: I Live with the Monster
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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They Smile When They Chew
There is at least one monster on every team.
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Barren Spaces
I know some people believe it’s just hair. That it’s not a big deal.
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On Monsters: In Darkness and in Light
This month, take a deep dive into The Rumpus’s psyche.
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