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I think about the birth of Mosley, and all of the dreams I already have for him at the ripe age of one. I know how I want him to see me—strong, smart, capable of anything and everything. This is how I want him to see all women, but me especially.

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The Eternal Hunt for Relevance: Doree Shafrir Discusses Startup

Doree Shafrir discusses her debut novel, Startup, the differences between journalism and fiction, and why she chose to tell this particular story.

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Storytelling Is a Search: An Interview with Sequoia Nagamatsu

Sequoia Nagamatsu discusses his debut collection Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone, grief as a character, and the intersection of ancient myth and the modern world.

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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: The Savage Mind, Pt. 1

The violence came in and we were not just in danger of being victims of it. We were in danger of being violent ourselves.

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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Khadijah Queen

Khadijah Queen about her new collection I'm So Fine, the importance of including sexual assault as a part of everyday life, and how the poems in the collection found their form.

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The Rumpus Interview with Joshua Mohr

Joshua Mohr discusses his memoir Sirens, writing for his daughter, and why he values art that trusts its audience.

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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Pinpricks

Time is king. Believers, agnostics or atheists—humans or not: time rules us. We submit to it, surrender to it, and are shaped by it.

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The Rumpus Interview with Emily Raboteau

Emily Raboteau discusses her essay, “Know Your Rights!” from the collection, The Fire This Time, what she loves about motherhood, and why it’s time for White America to get uncomfortable.

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This Week in Short Fiction

In a political climate in which undocumented immigrants are painted as criminals and rapists and half the country is crying for deportation, this week’s story reminds us that immigrants are…

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What I’ll Tell My Children: On Being ‘F***Able’ under the Regime of President-elect

It’s time to take responsibility for compliancy.

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This Week in Short Fiction

Motherhood is an all-consuming thing. The sleepless nights, the endless diapers, the undying love, the absurd tasks that must be performed to ease a baby into nap time. But time…

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“Things about Myself & the World That I Will & Won’t Explain to My Daughter When She’s Older”

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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Raising A Feminist Son

The Eternal Hunt for Relevance: Doree Shafrir Discusses Startup

Storytelling Is a Search: An Interview with Sequoia Nagamatsu

The Saturday Rumpus Essay: The Savage Mind, Pt. 1

The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Khadijah Queen

The Rumpus Interview with Joshua Mohr

The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Pinpricks

This Week in Short Fiction

This Week in Short Fiction

“Things about Myself & the World That I Will & Won’t Explain to My Daughter When She’s Older”

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