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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Elizabeth Gonzalez James

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • July 21, 2021
Elizabeth Gonzalez James discusses her debut novel, MONA AT SEA.
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Weird and Grotesque and Disturbing: Talking with Elizabeth Gonzalez James

  • Mary Pauline Lowry
  • February 1, 2021
Elizabeth Gonzalez James discusses her debut novel, MONA AT SEA.
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Basura

  • Emily Withnall
  • September 21, 2017
[T]erms like "white trash" and basura most accurately reveal those who are doing the defining. Consider what we throw away, and why. Look at what we throw away. Think about the reasons why.
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Unkindest Cut

  • Argyle C. Klopnik, Esq.
  • June 26, 2017
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  • Brandon Hicks
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The Rehearsal

  • Brandon Hicks
  • February 19, 2017
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Rumpus Original Fiction: As Soon as I Stop

  • Brad Collins
  • March 25, 2016
I feel dizzy, but I've got the donkey's tail in my hand and if I pin it just right, my whole life could change.
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Fresh Comics #8: John Black’s Body

  • Monica Johnson
  • December 29, 2015
In the imagined scenario wherein my apartment burns to the ground and I lose all my worldly possessions, there are just a few things I would miss—family photographs (of course), an…
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Valuation Methods

  • Rachel Wilkinson
  • December 5, 2015
In some of my fantasies, I make a pitch for art or for truth, defend them like commodities.
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This Week in Short Fiction

  • Claire Burgess
  • December 4, 2015
Over the last several weeks, The Offing has been releasing a stream of stunning work from its 2015 Trans Issue, and the collection of transgender/non-binary voices they’ve cultivated forms one of…
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Surviving a For-Profit School

  • Stephen S. Mills
  • July 17, 2013
There were warning signs. Red flags. The school was located in a series of strip malls along a highway in a shitty part of town, but close enough to a nice part to appear, on paper, like a good place to go.
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In Case of Emergency

  • Matthew Newton
  • June 10, 2013
I wanted to hide and quiet my mind by drowning it in alcohol, and I wanted a familiar place to do it. Much like my job, however, I had returned to something that no longer existed.
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Tips for the Downsized

  • Shimon Tanaka
  • February 27, 2009
Anyone searching for a primer on how to hide the fact from one’s family after losing a job need look no further than Tokyo Sonata, the newest—and timely—film from the…
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