From the Archive: Explicit Violence
Afterward, there was dead silence in the kitchen. I know because I held my breath. Even air molecules seemed to still.
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Join NOW!Afterward, there was dead silence in the kitchen. I know because I held my breath. Even air molecules seemed to still.
...moreIf this were the end, May needed to see.
...moreAmid all this survival, Cho carries the reader through with the comfort of food.
...moreHe could spin a Spalding between those eight digits faster and smoother than anyone.
...moreGhinwa Jawhari discusses her debut poetry collection, BINT.
...moreThe brutality of frat culture, Nugent suggests, is a veneer that hardly masks its devotees’ miseries and insecurities.
...moreKate Gaskin discusses her debut collection, FOREVER WAR.
...moreDeborah A. Miranda discusses her new collection of poetry, ALTAR FOR BROKEN THINGS.
...moreLanguage enacts violence through manipulation.
...more“Any good poem has form and acts out its meanings in form.”
...moreAnd so it is an exorcism, yes, but also a song.
...more“I really believe that if it matters to the writer, it can find space in the poem.”
...moreThe horror of violence is not assuaged by announcing it quickly.
...moreA poetry of coalition building: how would that sound?
...moreWhen Ashleigh Bryant Phillips lets loose, she can shock.
...more“Memoir is about recreating the complexities of a life.”
...more“I work slowly, from sentence to sentence, and attempt to stay attuned to opportunity.”
...moreSzczepan Twardoch discusses his novel, THE KING OF WARSAW.
...moreIt was personal, as the detectives on my favorite shows always said.
...more“It doesn’t matter your gender or your sexual orientation; you can disorder your eating.”
...moreRoy G. Guzmán discusses their debut collection, CATRACHOS.
...moreC Pam Zhang discusses her debut novel, HOW MUCH OF THESE HILLS IS GOLD.
...moreThe rage and frustration overwhelmed all rational thought.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreThe world that suffocates girls still has a lot to learn from them.
...moreI can’t relax. Bullets are on my mind.
...moreWhile my friends write their truths in nearby cabins, I wear my silence like a bulletproof vest.
...moreVikram Paralkar discusses his debut novel, NIGHT THEATER.
...moreI see the birds. I feel my body, splitting from its spirit, lying in the grass.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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