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Trouble the Waters: A Conversation with Louise Marburg

  • Jody Hobbs Hesler
  • November 5, 2021
Louise Marburg discusses her new story collection, NO DIVING ALLOWED.
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The Water Goddess

  • Melissa Wiley
  • May 4, 2017
To exist solely now on land is to live always waiting to reenter the water—to feel soothed even by the sound of it falling. To live a life on land is to feel the loss of our former lives within our very faces.
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Albums of Our Lives: The Front Bottoms’ The Front Bottoms

  • Mazzer D'Orazio
  • November 3, 2016
When I first heard Brian Sella’s sweet, pathetic voice sing these words, they seared a sense of guilt into me.
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Less Than I Hope For

  • Louise LeBourgeois
  • October 2, 2016
If we want to talk about desire, a gnawing ache for something we don’t yet have, or for something we’ve lost, we can say that we yearn for the transformation that the satisfaction of our desire will bring.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Heirlooms

  • Naseem Jamnia
  • August 13, 2016
The strings of our DNA mark us as one, but it’s the roots of our memories that bind us.
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Colorama

  • Andrea L. Volpe
  • August 2, 2016
How does one scene impress itself on us, so that we remember it better than we should if we were in it? Or rest, just below the surface, present, but unnoticed?
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Salt

  • Eleanor Kriseman
  • June 8, 2016
Now, nothing is ever quite salty enough for you. You have been caught shaking salt onto your bread at fancy restaurants, tonguing the rim of your margarita in order not to waste even a grain.
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Safety Rope

  • Garrard Conley
  • May 2, 2016
No touching unless he touches you. No touching where people can see. No touching unless dared to touch. Brad makes the rules, but never says them aloud.
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The Pool

  • Laura Warrell
  • March 28, 2016
You want to scream but keep your chin lifted. Pretend nothing has happened. You’re good at this. Marriage has that effect.
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The Rumpus Interview with Cote Smith

  • Anders Carlson
  • March 7, 2016
Cote Smith talks about his debut novel, Hurt People, growing up in a prison town, using rejection as motivation, and brotherly love.
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