If My Body Were a House
Where my masculinity dwells, I am in control.
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Posts Tagged: trans
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Robin Gow
“I always knew I wanted to write a queer saint holy book.”
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Writing for a Trans Audience: Talking with Torrey Peters
Torrey Peters discusses her debut novel, DETRANSITION, BABY.
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The Best of Brevity: A Roundtable Discussion on Flash Nonfiction
With Deesha Philyaw, Jaquira Díaz, Danielle Gellar, and Torrey Peters.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Benjamin Garcia
Benjamin Garcia discusses his debut poetry collection, THROWN IN THE THROAT.
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A Very Queer Book: Talking with Carter Sickels
Carter Sickels discusses his new novel, THE PRETTIEST STAR.
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Zones of Paradox: A Conversation with Billy-Ray Belcourt
Billy-Ray Belcourt discusses his new book, A HISTORY OF MY BRIEF BODY.
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Marital Piss
My body tightened as the knee-jerk worry of being seen and outed flooded back.
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Bodies Are Not Metaphors: Talking with Brit Bennett
Brit Bennett discusses her second novel, THE VANISHING HALF.
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C-Beams Glittering in the Dark: A Conversation with Cooper Lee Bombardier
Cooper Lee Bombardier discusses his first book, PASS WITH CARE: MEMOIRS.
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Bald-headed Muthaf*cker
Healing is slow. Fast. Slow again.
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We Do Not Belong Everywhere
It is an unimaginable gift until you’ve done it, shaving off a self.
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A Vocabulary for Apostates
I needed to reshape the definitions of words that were used against me.
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Voices on Addiction: A Body Full of Ghosts
I’ve known since I was a child that the world is ending. I felt it in my bones.
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Queer Logic: Females and My Autobiography of Carson McCullers
“Everyone is female, and everyone hates it.” A provocation. An invitation.
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Everyone You Meet Is God in Drag
If the art of drag has taught me one thing, it’s that I am not unique.
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Queer Disruptions: Talking with Bishakh Som
Bishakh Som discusses her debut graphic story collection, APSARA ENGINE.
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For the Love of Dogs: Jennifer Finney Boylan’s Good Boy
In this sense, [the dogs] are a perfect foil for the conflicted young author.
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A New Version of Possibility: Talking with Juliana Delgado Lopera
Juliana Delgado Lopera discusses their new novel, FIEBRE TROPICAL.
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A Time and a Place: Talking with Faylita Hicks
Faylita Hicks discusses her debut poetry collection, HOODWITCH.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Cameron Awkward-Rich
Cameron Awkward-Rich discusses his new collection, DISPATCH.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Chrissy Stroop and Lauren O’Neal
Co-editors Chrissy Stroop and Lauren O’Neal discuss their new anthology, EMPTY THE PEWS.
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Everything Is Happening All of the Time: Talking with Sven Ratzke
Sven Ratzke discusses his new show, WHERE ARE WE NOW.
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The Image-Maker: A Conversation with Sam Brown
Artist Sam Brown discusses the highs and lows of big artistic dreams.
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ENOUGH: Transition Couldn’t Protect Me
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Celebrating Queer Portland: A Conversation with Claire Rudy Foster
Foster discusses their new story collection, SHINE OF THE EVER.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Field Medicine”
I didn’t belong on this planet. This kind of place could not be my home.
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Diner Boys
But then, full of longing to be someone other than I was, his work seemed perfect.
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Art Is Everything: Talking with Alex DiFrancesco
Alex DiFrancesco discusses their new novel, ALL CITY.
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