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Impossible Hope
“We’re being invaded,” my Uber driver tells me as she signals, carefully watching the road ahead. “So many illegals,” she sighs. Sweat pools under the armpits of my dress suit, and I am either too hot...
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The Spot You’re Standing In: A Conversation with Chris Dennis
There is something of the divine in Chris Dennis. He is such a magical combination of humor and brilliance; he quotes cultural theorists, seems to have read everything, and yet maintains that...
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Voices on Addiction: The Opposite of Hallelujah
My brother keeps his shoes on a stacked wooden shelving system, one pair per compartment. Everything in his home is labeled in careful, imperfect handwriting. He eats with his fist closed tightly...
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Rumpus Original Fiction: La Yegüita
Karen broke out into a full sprint; that was the only way she’d ever hope of catching up to the new mare that everyone said would end up killing her. The locals used meters, but from what Karen could...
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Voices on Addiction: There Were Also Girls, Women
There was a boy. When I tell my story in a recovery meeting, this is the line that gets repeated. There was a boy. Of course, when I say, boy, I mean, young men. In 2005, it was Mark. We were both...
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Voices on Addiction: Heroin/e
In January and February 2021, Voices on Addiction is partnering with Roots. Wounds. Words. (RWW) and its founder, Nicole Shawan Junior. In July 2018, Nicole created RWW to eliminate the social,...
View ArticleAsking the Right Questions: Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom, one of the most anticipated novels of 2020, delivers an intimate portrayal of a Ghanaian family making its way in the contemporary American South, a story as...
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Voices on Addiction: Thief in the Night
In January and February 2021, Voices on Addiction is partnering with Roots. Wounds. Words. (RWW) and its founder, Nicole Shawan Junior. In July 2018, Nicole created RWW to eliminate the social,...
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Everything Must Change: A Conversation with Melissa Febos
“We get to live for a while inside that new life,” Melissa Febos writes in the last essay, “Les Calanques,” in her new essay collection, Girlhood. When she arrives in Cassis, France, she writes of...
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From the Archive: The Rumpus Interview with Jade Sharma
This was originally published at The Rumpus on February 1, 2017. Jade Sharma’s debut novel is like a blister: It hurts, but I’m obsessed with it. Problems is the first print title published by Emily...
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