From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Emergency Lifeboats: 24 (12 on Each Side)
“What’s a six-letter word for ignoring truth,” she might say, without looking up from the puzzle.
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Join NOW!“What’s a six-letter word for ignoring truth,” she might say, without looking up from the puzzle.
...moreThis sparse book, “an essay on pregnancy and earthquakes,” deals with the author’s dueling fears of recent and future earthquakes and her impending childbirth.
...moreI took a deep breath. A long one. And I started rocking again.
...moreAvni Vyas discusses her debut poetry collection, LITTLE GOD.
...moreThere is a cloudy line between noise and sound, routine and ritual.
...moreThe best books I have read about motherhood have not reassured me that these feelings will resolve.
...moreMy miraculous children were mine, and mine alone.
...moreMaggie Nelson discusses her new book, ON FREEDOM: FOUR SONGS OF CARE AND CONSTRAINT.
...moreI want to ask Anna for a map of desirability. Where was I before, where was I pregnant, where am I now?
...moreLike Fine’s uniquely constructed book, being a mom is to be permanently fractured.
...moreWhat did it matter? It was June and the salmonfly hatch had begun.
...more“Stories hurt, stories heal, stories save our lives.”
...moreThe contempt the place exuded for the people inside it felt physical, hanging in the air like humidity.
...moreKrys Malcolm Belc discusses his debut memoir, THE NATURAL MOTHER OF THE CHILD.
...moreAnna North discusses her new novel, OUTLAWED.
...moreJust the two of us. Daddy and me. Charro and escaramuza.
...moreWhile the event of a miscarriage may only be a moment, the body and mind grieve long after.
...moreThe body, like a country, holds so much, and all at once.
...moreAs soon as life begins, its impulse is to divide.
...moreThe beach was shrinking. That was how we thought of it at first.
...moreMaybe this pandemic will make us a family.
...moreShin Yu Pai discusses her new book, ENSŌ.
...moreChloe Yelena Miller discusses her debut full-length poetry collection, VIABLE.
...moreJennifer Berney discusses her debut memoir, THE OTHER MOTHERS.
...moreDantiel W. Moniz discusses her debut story collection, MILK BLOOD HEAT.
...moreThe ground trembles, setting his flesh and bones vibrating.
...moreSomething new in the dead darkness. Short days and shimmers of light.
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