Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original A Lumpy, Misshapen Book: Talking with Elissa Washuta Katharine ColdironSeptember 19, 2018 Elissa Washuta discusses her chapbook, STARVATION MODE.Read
Read Marissa Korbel Rumpus Original The Thread: All in My Head Marissa KorbelSeptember 18, 2018 I am in a war, and some of the toughest battles happen in my head.Read
Read Marissa Korbel Rumpus Original The Thread: Near Miss Marissa KorbelAugust 14, 2018 I’ve seen them in the post office, or stapled to utility poles, fluttering in the evening breeze.Read
Read Features & Reviews Marissa Korbel Rumpus Original Emboldened to Ask: A Conversation with Natalie Singer Marissa KorbelAugust 10, 2018 Natalie Singer discusses her debut memoir, CALIFORNIA CALLING.Read
Read Features & Reviews Reviews Struggling toward Truth: Porochista Khakpour’s Sick Sasha BurshteynJune 13, 2018 Khakpour gathers courage, again and again, as she reaches into the most painful parts of her life, excavates them, and holds them up to the light.Read
Read Film Media Rumpus Original Sex Television You Like That, Baby?: The Myth of Feminine Mystery Jen CorriganJune 11, 2018 “It's like a damn Rubik's cube down there!”Read
Read Film Media Rumpus Original Black Panther and Strong Women Jennifer EppersonJune 7, 2018 I saw myself on the big screen—the strong black woman that I am, and the stronger black woman I aspire to become.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Like Juggling Knives: Talking with Rumaan Alam Elon GreenMay 9, 2018 Rumaan Alam discusses his new novel, That Kind of Mother, the limits of the employer-employee relationship, and the grossness of heterosexual sex.Read
Read Rumpus Original What Did You Expect, Though? Mallika RaoMarch 6, 2018 The immune system, meant to protect a body from foreign invaders, works too assiduously, sees danger where there is none, turns on itself. Such conditions lend themselves to metaphor.Read
Read Art Poetry Rumpus Original Sylvia Plath and Reclaiming the Gaze Marissa HigginsMarch 6, 2018 Perhaps as women we are always trying to record the gaze. Marginalized people are often asked to validate our distrust, trepidation, and fear.Read
Read Rumpus Original Fitting In Emily J. SmithMarch 1, 2018 Without men around to impress, I discovered my own taste—what desire meant beyond the desire to be desirable.Read
Read ENOUGH Politics Rumpus Original Sex ENOUGH: While the Wild Dogs in Me Strain at Their Leashes The RumpusFebruary 27, 2018 A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.Read