The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Alison McGhee
“Stories hurt, stories heal, stories save our lives.”
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Posts Tagged: pregnancy
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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Subverting the Wild West: A Conversation with Anna North
Anna North discusses her new novel, OUTLAWED.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Sin Miedo
Just the two of us. Daddy and me. Charro and escaramuza.
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A Quiet Epidemic: Jessica Zucker’s I Had A Miscarriage: A Memoir, A Movement
While the event of a miscarriage may only be a moment, the body and mind grieve long after.
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A Space of Sanctuary: Mother Country by Elana Bell
The body, like a country, holds so much, and all at once.
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This Frozen Life
As soon as life begins, its impulse is to divide.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: On the Sea
The beach was shrinking. That was how we thought of it at first.
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Sunflower Sick
Maybe this pandemic will make us a family.
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The Song and the Silence: Talking with Shin Yu Pai
Shin Yu Pai discusses her new book, ENSŌ.
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To Move Forward but Not Forget: Talking with Chloe Yelena Miller
Chloe Yelena Miller discusses her debut full-length poetry collection, VIABLE.
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Claiming Space to Matter: Talking with Jennifer Berney
Jennifer Berney discusses her debut memoir, THE OTHER MOTHERS.
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Why We Believe What We Believe: A Conversation with Dantiel W. Moniz
Dantiel W. Moniz discusses her debut story collection, MILK BLOOD HEAT.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Tangible Darkness
The ground trembles, setting his flesh and bones vibrating.
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Winter Baby
Something new in the dead darkness. Short days and shimmers of light.
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Touching What Once Was: A Conversation with Meredith Clark
Meredith Clark discusses her debut lyric memoir, LYREBIRD.
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Embracing the Grotesque: Talking with Lisa Hanawalt
Lisa Hanawalt discusses her new book, I WANT YOU.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Two Flash Fictions by Kelsey Norris
It was strange what the nudity did to us—what the nakedness undid.
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Loving Something That May Destroy Us: A Conversation with Angie Cruz
Angie Cruz discusses her newest novel, DOMINICANA.
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Any Moment Is a Door: Nadia Colburn’s The High Shelf
Again, the red door stands open, allowing the world to enter.
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A Photographer’s Wife
It’s hard to see what isn’t there.
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What Could Be: All Its Charms by Keetje Kuipers
The decision to have a child is fraught at the best of times.
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How to Write about Nothing: Kate Zambreno’s Drifts
But the evasion is purposeful, and the purpose is to marvelous effect.
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Moments of Reawakening: Talking with Cathy Park Hong
Cathy Park Hong discusses MINOR FEELINGS: AN ASIAN AMERICAN RECKONING.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Biswell and Hope Get a Dog, A Story in Three Epiphanies
He barks at Coco. Coco barks back.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #215: Traci Brimhall
“Everything in my life is basically a scribble.”
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Biswell and Hope and the Job, A Story in Five Epiphanies
I’d love to prove that I can sell windows.
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