Rumpus Original Fiction: The Things for Which We Have Prayed
In the nursing home, his few lucid days are passed recounting the things he had prayed for as a child. The zookeepers, he cackles. I prayed for the zookeepers.
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Join NOW!In the nursing home, his few lucid days are passed recounting the things he had prayed for as a child. The zookeepers, he cackles. I prayed for the zookeepers.
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...moreJacques Rancourt discusses his new collection, BROCKEN SPECTRE.
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...moreJoshua Henkin discusses his new novel, MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS.
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...moreChoose, the specter points in opposite directions.
...moreKendra Allen discusses her debut poetry collection, THE COLLECTION PLATE.
...moreJonathan Parks-Ramage discusses his debut novel, YES, DADDY.
...moreJoy Ladin discusses the new edition of THE BOOK OF ANNA.
...moreAnna North discusses her new novel, OUTLAWED.
...moreMelissa Scholes Young discusses her new novel, THE HIVE.
...more“My challenge was to tell my own story but also find ways to weave in wisdom and gravitas.”
...moreFor anyone looking for some truth and tenderness amidst a still-trying time, look no further.
...moreI wasn’t pressured to be stoic. I was permitted to release. I was permitted to be.
...more“In the act of writing about it and revising it, I’m still having the experience.”
...moreAs we go, we are breathlessly held in an in-between state, a limbo, a transition.
...moreMelissa Broder discusses her new novel, MILK FED.
...moreErin Belieu discusses her new collection, COME-HITHER HONEYCOMB.
...moreKathryn Smith discusses her new poetry collection, SELF-PORTRAIT WITH CEPHALOPOD.
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