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From the Archive: Unbound

  • Lauren Kayes
  • January 18, 2022
It’s always been ground glass, scraping against my insides. I imagine a light held to the place where I open would illuminate a mess of torn flesh, throbbing red-wet.
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ENOUGH: Letting Myself Breathe

  • The Rumpus
  • January 14, 2022
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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On Being Tough

  • Kathleen Gullion
  • January 11, 2022
The path down to the riflery range was steep and winding, littered with roots.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Self-Possession

  • Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
  • December 29, 2021
The words blur, become meaningless. You need them to be meaningless.
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How to Watch While Being Watched: Aisha Sabatini Sloan’s Borealis

  • Lisa Hsiao Chen
  • December 29, 2021
The experience, rather than linear, is borealian.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Christopher Gonzalez

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • December 22, 2021
Christopher Gonzalez discusses his debut story collection, I’M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Nefertiti Asanti

  • Erica N. Cardwell
  • December 16, 2021
"...each month I embrace a kind of death within my womb that offers me a life I can live with."
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We Do What We Can: A Conversation with Ryka Aoki

  • Maylin Tu
  • December 13, 2021
Ryka Aoki discusses her second novel, LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS.
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Turning the Lights On

  • Tyler Anne Whichard
  • December 8, 2021
I feel guilt in the not good enough I carry alongside the not bad enough.
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A Generational Story Not Being Told: Talking with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

  • Zach Shultz
  • December 8, 2021
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore discusses BETWEEN CERTAIN DEATH AND A POSSIBLE FUTURE.
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Stained with Autobiography: Talking with Christopher Gonzalez

  • Hannah Grieco
  • December 3, 2021
Christopher Gonzalez discusses his debut story collection, I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT.
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Woven Fibers and Broken Threads: Katherine Agyemaa Agard’s of colour

  • Kathryn Walkiewicz
  • November 24, 2021
To be imbricated in hundreds of years of colonial violence is to be entangled in colorist logics and stories of loss and belonging that are rarely linear or singular.
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