From the Archive: The Saturday Rumpus Essay: DNA
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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Posts Tagged: parenting
Space to Breathe
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
Waiting to turn forty-six is like standing in the unrelenting sunshine.
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From the Archive: What Burns in the Pit
“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
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
Kate Baer discusses her new poetry collection, HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL.
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The Statue
The mother, too, is a monument. I am haunted by mine.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Amanda Moore
Amanda Moore discusses her debut collection, REQUEENING.
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Making Sure It Fits: A Conversation with Jon Chaiim McConnell
Jon Chaiim McConnell discusses his new novella, THRUM.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Being the Baby’s Heart
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
Megan Stielstra discusses her recently rereleased books EVERYONE REMAIN CALM and ONCE I WAS COOL.
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All the Tired Horses
There is a cloudy line between noise and sound, routine and ritual.
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Lamentation for Songbirds
If the birds were first, other small things would surely follow, and we are the caretakers of small things.
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A Small Universe Set in Motion: Talking with Amanda Moore
Amanda Moore discusses her debut poetry collection, REQUEENING.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Maggie Nelson
Maggie Nelson discusses her new book, ON FREEDOM: FOUR SONGS OF CARE AND CONSTRAINT.
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The Art of Bearing Witness: Sanctuary by Emily Rapp Black
As the title suggests, Sanctuary creates a safe space for grief in all its forms.
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The Idiosyncrasies of Aging: Talking with Ali Solomon
Ali Solomon discusses her new book, I AM WHY DO I NEED VENMO? YEARS OLD.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: New Build
“What do we do about the new build?” I ask. “Do we finish it? Sell it? Finish it, then sell it?”
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On Baby Fever
I want to ask Anna for a map of desirability. Where was I before, where was I pregnant, where am I now?
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The Fractures of Motherhood: Julia Fine’s The Upstairs House
Like Fine’s uniquely constructed book, being a mom is to be permanently fractured.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Hatch
What did it matter? It was June and the salmonfly hatch had begun.
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Arriving at the Mystery: A Conversation with Oliver de la Paz
Poet Oliver de la Paz discusses art-making, hybrid forms, and his work.
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ENOUGH: Encumber (A Brief History)
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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Malus Domestica
Apples do not grow “true to seed,” meaning that what you put in the ground isn’t always what comes back out of it.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Daddies and Sons
When Jeb was old enough to have a family of his own, he hardly ever laid hands on his boys.
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How Beautiful and Rough: A Conversation with Ashley C. Ford
Ashley C. Ford discusses her debut memoir, SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
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Paying in Time
The contempt the place exuded for the people inside it felt physical, hanging in the air like humidity.
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Hopeful Acts: Talking with Krys Malcolm Belc
Krys Malcolm Belc discusses his debut memoir, THE NATURAL MOTHER OF THE CHILD.
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Playing House: A Conversation with Megan Culhane Galbraith
Megan Culhane Galbraith discusses her debut book, THE GUILD OF THE INFANT SAVIOUR.
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