Read Politics Rumpus Original Closing Nazareth: On Shelter Honora SpicerMay 14, 2019 We stood with the open-handed absence which finally allowed for a telling.Read
Other This Week in Short Fiction Claire BurgessJuly 15, 2016 It’s July, and the summer issues of literary magazines are rolling off both the physical and cyber presses, including Virginia Quarterly Review, which this week shared a story from its…Read
Read Rumpus Original Litany for My Mother’s Body Goldberry LongMay 28, 2014 My mother’s body horrified me. Nine years old, I watched her dress. Her belly was rippled and sagged and scarred—a used-up bag of nothing.Read