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From the Archive: The Saturday Rumpus Essay: DNA

  • Nicole Walker
  • December 27, 2022
Of course, maybe dividing the world into two kinds of people is just another way of making sure there is a crack in everything. When can you smooth out this fault line?
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Space to Breathe

  • Krista Lee Hanson
  • December 6, 2022
We inhale when we’re born, then breathe and breathe and breathe until one day we exhale our final breath.
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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: Forty-Six

  • Amy Neswald
  • September 5, 2022
Waiting to turn forty-six is like standing in the unrelenting sunshine.
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From the Archive: What Burns in the Pit

  • Ashley Ford
  • June 14, 2022
“Things can catch fire even when they let each other go. But we don’t give up. We don’t stop loving them.”
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From the Archive: The Dark All Around Us

  • Ryan McDonald
  • February 24, 2022
There is still light in the dark. This is the paradox that Little Bear has to accept in order to fall asleep.
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Learning the Hard Way: A Conversation with Kate Baer

  • Samantha Mann
  • December 29, 2021
Kate Baer discusses her new poetry collection, HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL.
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The Statue

  • Alina Stefanescu
  • December 2, 2021
The mother, too, is a monument. I am haunted by mine.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Amanda Moore

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • November 30, 2021
Amanda Moore discusses her debut collection, REQUEENING.
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Making Sure It Fits: A Conversation with Jon Chaiim McConnell

  • Kristine Brown
  • October 29, 2021
Jon Chaiim McConnell discusses his new novella, THRUM.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Being the Baby’s Heart

  • Carly Rae Zent
  • October 27, 2021
I took a deep breath. A long one. And I started rocking again.
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Two Books for the Frozen Sea: A Conversation with Megan Stielstra

  • Laura Joyce-Hubbard
  • October 25, 2021
Megan Stielstra discusses her recently rereleased books EVERYONE REMAIN CALM and ONCE I WAS COOL.
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All the Tired Horses

  • Sara Gelston Somers
  • October 14, 2021
There is a cloudy line between noise and sound, routine and ritual.
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