Rumpus Original Fiction: Footnotes on a love story
Before they were married, they met in a photograph.
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Posts Tagged: siblings
Imagination as Oasis: A Conversation with Sulaiman Addonia
Sulaiman Addonia discusses his new novel, SILENCE IS MY MOTHER TONGUE.
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Voices on Addiction: Fallen
There is no finality to this grief. Only a series of losses, compounded.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Lauren J. Sharkey
Lauren J. Sharkey discusses her debut novel, INCONVENIENT DAUGHTER.
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Voices on Addiction: Primary Source
Anything we write now is a primary source.
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The Poem Must Forgive: E. J. Koh’s The Magical Language of Others
Empathy and forgiveness must begin with understanding.
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Bodies Are Not Metaphors: Talking with Brit Bennett
Brit Bennett discusses her second novel, THE VANISHING HALF.
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Voices on Addiction: Call Us Beautiful
I’m saying people can be imperfect and still be remembered as beautiful.
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Writing Small Moments: A Conversation with Suzanne Farrell Smith
Suzanne Farrell Smith discusses her debut memoir, THE MEMORY SESSIONS.
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It’s a Beautiful (Toxic) Life
My defensiveness has never been what’s saved me.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #213: Elizabeth Kadetsky
“I like to engage with and argue with the research; this makes the work dynamic.”
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Panning for Gold: A Conversation with C Pam Zhang
C Pam Zhang discusses her debut novel, HOW MUCH OF THESE HILLS IS GOLD.
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On Anger, Autism, and Blackness
The rage and frustration overwhelmed all rational thought.
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Voices on Addiction: Katie Calls
I want to respond from my heart—not my anger, my judgment, my desire.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Clockwork
Turn the corner, let the darkness swallow you, and you’re in the stacks.
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Teddy Ruxpin
There’s a collective guilt. So, our parents buy us friends.
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Father Time Is Undefeated
It’s a strange thing, seeing a reliable machine fail. Seeing a hero crash to earth.
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Between Illusion and Reality: A Conversation with Erin Pringle
Erin Pringle discusses her debut novel, HEZADA! I MISS YOU.
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Voices on Addiction: The Opposite of Hallelujah
When I imagine his days, the loneliness of it all makes my chest tighten.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Cameron Awkward-Rich
Cameron Awkward-Rich discusses his new collection, DISPATCH.
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Voices on Addiction: Chicken Marsala and Meth
As it turned out, though, it was he who would surprise me that evening.
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Lady Justice
I imagine Lady Justice’s fingers tipping the scales: Rose to leave, and me to sleep.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Em
For her twenty-first birthday, Kiều’s younger siblings set fire to her bed.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Softest Part
We sleep and we pretend to sleep. We wait for the day to turn into night.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #178: Irene O’Garden
“Trust that if you want to write that much it will find a way out of you.”
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Doing the Work of Empathy: A Conversation with Marin Sardy
Marin Sardy discusses her debut memoir, THE EDGE OF EVERY DAY: SKETCHES OF SCHIZOPHRENIA.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Infatuation
Until it is awkward. Until it is disturbing. Until she cracks.
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Beyond the Elegant Veneer: Talking with Greer Macallister
Greer Macallister discusses her new novel, WOMAN 99.
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The Constituent Parts
I was seven the first time I fired a gun.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Flap
A flap to determine entry, or deny it. A flap whose failure determines choking.
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