Rumpus Original Fiction: Hatch
What did it matter? It was June and the salmonfly hatch had begun.
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Posts Tagged: teen pregnancy
Hypocrisy Is Ripe for Stories: Talking with Melissa Scholes Young
Melissa Scholes Young discusses her new novel, THE HIVE.
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The Alienation of an Irish Abortion
Was it a dream? A nightmare? I felt like I’d been sold a lie. There was no husband or caring partner, no safe home or solid income. Just me, pregnant and alone, in an abortion clinic with my rapist.
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What We Lost: Undoing the Fairy Tale Narrative of Adoption
The singular, unavoidable truth about adoption is that it requires the undoing of one family so that another one can come into being.
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The Rumpus Interview with Sharon Oard Warner
Sharon Oard Warner discusses her latest book, Sophie’s House of Cards, Breaking Bad, how a sense of place informs fiction, and the Republican war on Planned Parenthood.
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