An Important Book: Inheriting the War edited by Laren McClung
There is no escape from the cradle of this shame.
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We Create Our Own Monsters: Talking with Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
Rahna Reiko Rizzuto discusses her newest book, SHADOW CHILD.
Rumpus Exclusive: “Iron Heart”
Speech seemed like an irreverence, as if the empty schools were tombs.
Beautiful Evil: The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
Alaska attracts those looking to be free from the constraints of society.
Different Voices: A Conversation with Crystal Hana Kim
Crystal Hana Kim discusses her debut novel, IF YOU LEAVE ME.
The Quiet of a Ghost: Talking with Ingrid Rojas Contreras
Ingrid Rojas Contreras discusses her debut novel, FRUIT OF THE DRUNKEN TREE.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #144: Cathy Linh Che
“I think a safe space is one of deep listening and deep caring.”
The Abattoir
This is what my mother doesn’t want me to see: the death rattle in a forbidden room. This is what she doesn’t want me to know: how one life is sacrificed for another to live.
Effacement of the Mother
When I came home from war, I felt relief. Now that I’m home after childbirth, I’m still waiting for relief. War ends. Motherhood does not.
Rumpus Exclusive: An Excerpt from Tessa Fontaine’s The Electric Woman
Sometimes a story suddenly changes.
The Last Poem I Loved: “Seniors” by D. Nurkse
How do we counterbalance or offset our knowledge of particular crimes, particularly those that are so pervasive?
Rumpus Exclusive: “Blue Tears”
On certain nights, if I’m lucky, wisps of the shore begin to glow blue, an unearthly electric color, like someone in the sea has a flashlight and is shining it upward.