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At the Playground

  • Lucas Mann
  • June 7, 2022
We say . . .
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Too Close to Home

  • Ali Black
  • March 2, 2020
I can’t relax. Bullets are on my mind.
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Within the Scope

  • Laura Stanfill
  • February 18, 2020
While my friends write their truths in nearby cabins, I wear my silence like a bulletproof vest.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Mother We Share

  • Ilana Masad
  • January 29, 2020
This is what happens when I listen. I react.
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Mortality Probability

  • Mariel Murray
  • July 22, 2019
The first thing I realized while reading these tables: To be born is risky business.
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ENOUGH: While the Wild Dogs in Me Strain at Their Leashes

  • The Rumpus
  • February 27, 2018
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Home Is Here

  • Katy Hershberger
  • July 17, 2017
There is no singular Muslim story, no definitive identity for the entire religion. [...] Here, four women discuss what it's like to be a minority in America in 2017, post-9/11 and post-Trump.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Nádleehí: One Who Changes

  • Byron F. Aspaas
  • January 14, 2017
I am scared. I will continue to be scared. I am scared that, one day, I will not be able to run as fast as my dad who eluded rocks and a tire iron.
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No Stars

  • Sarah Henry
  • January 11, 2017
There’s a story I want to tell underneath every other story I’ve ever told.
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The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #12: What Is Safety?

  • Charles Kruger
  • December 16, 2016
Oh better far to live and die Under the brave black flag I fly Then play a sanctimonious part With a pirate head and a pirate heart!! –The Pirates of…
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The Trouble with Confidence

  • Chivas Sandage
  • December 14, 2016
“But what are the statistics? Aren’t you taking a similar risk just driving?” Wide-eyed, attentive, he leans forward slightly.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Twenty-Three Pieces of the Sunset Bowl

  • Kate Lebo
  • September 10, 2016
[A]ll over town, pits in the ground stayed pits in the ground. Those cavities were my consolation. For the moment, we were all in the hole.
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