Rumpus Original Fiction: Sin Miedo
Just the two of us. Daddy and me. Charro and escaramuza.
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Posts Tagged: single motherhood
Voices on Addiction: Searching for Lilacs
It hadn’t felt like teasing. It felt the way it always did these days—that I had disappointed her.
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My Grandmother Glitches the Machine
It’s true that when I speak of machines I also mean dimensions.
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This Frozen Life
As soon as life begins, its impulse is to divide.
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The Cost of Liberation: Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Patsy’s imagined freedom in America, she discovers almost immediately, was an illusion.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Alison Stine
Alison Stine discusses her new novel, ROAD OUT OF WINTER.
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I Wrote a Road Trip through the Apocalypse, Then We Drove It
I won’t say I brought this on myself, but I wrote it. I wrote it myself.
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The Joypain of Parenting: Lydia Kiesling’s The Golden State
This is both the exercise and exorcism of motherhood.
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On Tragedy and Strength: Making Space for Our Stories
I love that—working towards not having regret, in art and in life.
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Language Is Material: A Conversation with Simon(e) van Saarloos
Simon(e) van Saarloos discusses PLAYING MONOGAMY.
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Laying Bare Our Truths: A Conversation with Marika Lindholm
Marika Lindholm discusses WE GOT THIS: SOLO MOM STORIES OF GRIT, HEART, AND HUMOR.
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Heart Work
I want them to know that heart work is hard work, but worth the struggle.
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VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Desiree Cooper
Desiree Cooper discusses her debut collection of flash fiction, Know the Mother, what mother-writers need, and why motherhood is the only story she’s ever told.
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The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show: January Gill O’Neil
In Episode 12 of The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show, January Gill O’Neil chats about her new collection, Misery Islands, writing pop culture into poetry, and the Red Sox.
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The ‘We’ of Single Motherhood
Taking this leap of faith alone has drawn a network around me in numbers stronger than if I had conceived a child inside a traditional relationship and family. In the big and small moments of this new kind of passage, I’ve found love and connection in the intersecting hubs.
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