The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Sheila Squillante
“I felt like I wanted to do it and not explain it.”
...more“I felt like I wanted to do it and not explain it.”
...moreShe introduced me to the ugly of religion and to the beauty of the world.
...moreTeresa Carmody discusses her debut novel, THE RECONCEPTION OF MARIE.
...moreBut this is We Ride Upon Sticks: someone’s perm falls out, someone becomes prom queen.
...moreAll anyone really wants is to be seen and heard, and yet we avoid seeing and hearing others every day.
...moreA block away from my house, Reina killed herself.
...moreGenevieve Hudson discusses her debut novel, BOYS OF ALABAMA.
...moreThe thing we most had in common was that none of us wanted to be there.
...more“You are so sexy,” he said. I met his gaze. And the warning bell rang.
...moreI’d crossed a line and owned a new secret life. There was no going back.
...more“It doesn’t matter your gender or your sexual orientation; you can disorder your eating.”
...moreLight reflects differently off near and faraway objects. It’s all about the light.
...moreChelsea Bieker discusses her debut novel, GODSHOT.
...moreChelsea Bieker discusses her debut novel, GODSHOT.
...moreTurn the corner, let the darkness swallow you, and you’re in the stacks.
...moreLeesa Cross-Smith discusses her new story collection, SO WE CAN GLOW.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreIf nobody tells you what to call a feeling, your emotions have a gap.
...moreJamie Beth Cohen discusses her debut novel, WASTED PRETTY.
...moreThe narrator is trapped here, in the summer her family and her life fell apart.
...moreKate Wisel discusses her debut story collection, DRIVING IN CARS WITH HOMELESS MEN.
...moreDishonesty became a form of protection.
...moreAt some point, I would have to break my silence.
...moreTime has put those lovely nostalgia lenses in front of our eyes, and I am not immune.
...moreMaybe that’s what we should teach in schools.
...moreDave Cullen discusses his new book, PARKLAND: BIRTH OF A MOVEMENT.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreLanguage became not words but a glance or the turn of a head.
...moreDana Czapnik discusses her debut novel, THE FALCONER.
...moreChloe Aridjis discusses her forthcoming novel, SEA MONSTERS.
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