Voices on Addiction: We Don’t Talk About Recovery
We don’t talk, for instance, about wine at dinner parties, or wine at house warmings, or boxed wine on the front stoop, or beers at the game, or mommy…
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Erin Belieu
Erin Belieu discusses her new collection, COME-HITHER HONEYCOMB.
Silence Is the Fertile Field: Talking with Fenton Johnson
Fenton Johnson discusses his new book, AT THE CENTER OF ALL BEAUTY.
An Oasis from the Constant Noise of Life: Talking with Alexandra Chang
Alexandra Chang discusses her debut novel, DAYS OF DISTRACTION.
ENOUGH: Why Women Remain Silent
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
ENOUGH: Because Women Bear the Whole Wet World
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
Album of the Week: Peter Silberman’s Impermanence
“It’s not the notes you play, it’s the notes you don’t play.” This quote from Miles Davis is what inspired Peter Silberman during the make of his first solo album,…
Feminism and Silence’s Uneasy Relationship
Silence sometimes can protect you. It’s easy to think of the one who “saves herself,” who hides in the closet while the rest of the family is raped and killed…
The Post-Ferguson Classroom
Here is the thing: silence does not protect us; in fact it suffocates us. Marcia Chatelain, professor, author, and originator of #thefergusonsyllabus, discusses the importance of talking about race in…
Anna March’s Reading Mixtape #25: In a Daze, ‘Cause I Found God
I’m an atheist who often carries crystal rosary beads and a relic of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. My grandparents, Mary and Gus, bought them both at the Vatican where they…