From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: Mustard Seeds
At the end of the week, which was long with sleepless nights, Miri picked her heart out of the kitchen sink, put it in a paper lunch bag, and took it to the witch.
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Join NOW!At the end of the week, which was long with sleepless nights, Miri picked her heart out of the kitchen sink, put it in a paper lunch bag, and took it to the witch.
...moreYou might gasp. You might gasp and your heart slips out. You whisper and let red willows drift toward the river.
...moreRyka Aoki discusses her second novel, LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS.
...moreTrisha R. Thomas discusses her new novel, WHAT PASSES AS LOVE.
...more“What do we do about the new build?” I ask. “Do we finish it? Sell it? Finish it, then sell it?”
...moreWe met in a dorm hallway, half past midnight.
...moreThey fell in love and were married in 1922.
...moreLane Moore discusses her first book, HOW TO BE ALONE.
...moreHere we are standing the woods. Which path should we take?
...moreYour words feel like shapes, like wooden blocks to clear out of the way.
...moreMaybe I’m not bisexual. What am I?
...more“Being thrust into forced ritualistic closeness does break the ice, but doesn’t guarantee closeness.”
...moreJasmine Guillory discusses her debut novel, The Wedding Date, finding success, writing sex, and the revolutionary act of eating.
...moreElif Batuman discusses her new novel The Idiot, what it means to be a writer, and the artifice of language.
...moreMany women do want to get married, and that’s a perfectly reasonable choice. The problem, then, is that when a woman says she doesn’t want to marry, many people find this hard to believe.
...moreRatika Kapur discusses her latest book, The Private Life of Mrs. Sharma, the disappointing romance of affairs, and how people carry on after doing the unthinkable.
...moreSonali Dev talks about her latest novel, A Change of Heart, the romance genre, writing non-white characters, and the parallels between writing and architectural design.
...moreJane Alison discusses her autobiographical novel, Nine Island, the value of truth in fiction, and unsubscribing from romantic love.
...morePerhaps Bridget fans who watched the movies but never read the books might not find this movie to be such a hard blow… But those who read the books—and those who loved the pilgrim soul in Bridget—will feel the loss more keenly.
...moreI wanted so badly to invest in the characters, to cry and feel their pain, but I felt detached.
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