I’m Cold, Please Touch Me: The Freezer Door by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Sycamore wrote this book long before pandemic time, and yet it couldn’t have arrived at a better moment.
...moreSycamore wrote this book long before pandemic time, and yet it couldn’t have arrived at a better moment.
...moreMy job was to help people suspend disbelief.
...moreElle Nash discusses her new short story collection, NUDES.
...moreIt’d been a while since I’d spent time in a body.
...moreWhere my masculinity dwells, I am in control.
...moreAn exclusive look at the cover of Michael Lowenthal’s forthcoming story collection, SEX WITH STRANGERS.
...moreMy dad, a psychiatrist, wants to write a sex book.
...moreFariha Róisín discusses her debut novel, LIKE A BIRD.
...moreViolence can be turned around, turned into pleasure, or an act of freedom, or an act of defiance.
...moreShe introduced me to the ugly of religion and to the beauty of the world.
...moreIn short, lightness is the capacity to leave without regret.
...moreMattilda Bernstein Sycamore discusses her new book, THE FREEZER DOOR.
...moreDeesha Philyaw discusses her debut story collection, THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.
...moreI want to see myself as a whole person.
...more[Y]ou can’t grow up in a cultural milieu and be immune to what it loves.
...moreThere is nothing I want more than a happy ending.
...moreMal’ Atta attacked with a slew of sensory assaults.
...moreThat was when she realized: the ticking was coming from inside herself.
...moreEvery poem in I Live in the Country sells what it’s craving.
...moreTara Isabel Zambrano discusses DEATH, DESIRE, AND OTHER DESTINATIONS.
...moreRaven Leilani discusses her debut novel, LUSTER.
...moreEach sentence is calculated; each word explodes.
...moreThis, I learned, is what rawness tasted like. I wanted more.
...more“You are so sexy,” he said. I met his gaze. And the warning bell rang.
...moreMy body tightened as the knee-jerk worry of being seen and outed flooded back.
...moreMarianne Chan discusses her debut poetry collection, ALL HEATHENS.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreMy gynecologist won’t stop bothering me about getting a genetic test done.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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