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Rumpus Original Fiction: Of Separation

  • Justin Joseph
  • July 29, 2020
But in that same instant, as she turned, his smile froze.
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Outsiders Looking In: Subduction by Kristen Millares Young

  • Kristina Tate
  • July 8, 2020
Central to Subduction is the question of cultural ownership, namely in story.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Mira Returns to Athens”

  • Natalie Bakopoulos
  • July 2, 2020
How had he seen me upon this initial meeting? How had I seen him?
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Spotlight: “Dentist Dad”

  • Grace + Anna
  • June 4, 2020
A young woman stays with her boyfriend's parents. It will be her last visit.
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Radical Enough

  • Louisa Pavlik
  • May 28, 2020
I still wonder what became of all those gentle cows.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Biswell and Hope Get a Dog, A Story in Three Epiphanies

  • Julianna Baggott
  • May 13, 2020
He barks at Coco. Coco barks back.
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My Kyiv

  • Dewaine Farria
  • May 4, 2020
It’s funny what ends up feeling like home.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Biswell and Hope and the Job, A Story in Five Epiphanies

  • Julianna Baggott
  • April 30, 2020
I’d love to prove that I can sell windows.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Biswell and Hope, the Surprise Pregnancy, Conception

  • Julianna Baggott
  • April 16, 2020
“You’re a bomb,” Biswell says to Hope.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: First Love

  • Jeremiah Moriarty
  • March 25, 2020
We met in a dorm hallway, half past midnight.
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Doing This Wild Thing: A Conversation with Leesa Cross-Smith

  • Monet Patrice Thomas
  • March 6, 2020
Leesa Cross-Smith discusses her new story collection, SO WE CAN GLOW.
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What Toulouse-Lautrec Taught Me about Intimacy

  • Erin Khar
  • March 3, 2020
I wanted to stop withholding from them, but withholding was like a drug.
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