Sonya Huber Archives - The Rumpus

Embodied Voices: A Conversation with Sonya Huber

So many of the metaphors we use that come from the body and bodily experience are ableist and predicated upon a notion of “normal.” In educational systems, that idea of “normal” has led to serious accessibility issues, to separate and unequal classrooms.

What to Read When: A Holiday Book-Gifting Guide

Rumpus editors share their favorite books to gift to friends and family!

A Year in Rumpus Book Reviews

A look back at the books we've reviewed in 2019!

Solidarity in Sickness: Sonya Huber’s Pain Woman Takes Your Keys

There is something so incredibly comforting about the honesty in Huber’s voice.

Notable New York

Notable NYC: 1/5–1/11

Literary events in and around NYC this week!

Being Human: A Conversation with Porochista Khakpour

Porochista Khakpour discusses her new memoir, Sick, the difficulty of receiving good medical care, and the blessing of online community.

Voices on Addiction: Need and Smoke

Need had carved out specific contours in my personality, and then it returned like a curse to fit in those spaces.

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The Rumpus Guide to AWP 2018

A selection of AWP 2018 panels, readings, and events that we are especially excited for!

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Flannel-Soaked Nostalgia

Is there any fabric more well-loved than flannel? At Vela Magazine, Sonya Huber discusses the significance wearing flannel had to her teenage self in the 1980s Midwest: Flannel hid the…

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Weekend Rumpus Roundup

First, what if your Christmas tree ornaments could tweet. Then, in the Saturday film review of Wild—the film adaptation of Dear Sugar columnist Cheryl Strayed’s eponymous novel—Kenny Ng praises Strayed’s…

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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: The Lava Lamp of Pain

Pain moved into my body five years ago. It wasn’t the whack of an anvil or the burn of a scraped knee. This pain sat warmly on the surface of my hands, and reached up to my elbows like evil pink evening gloves.

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