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Effacement of the Mother
I was partially ejected from a M939 five-ton truck during a routine convoy. There was no forewarning. The truck turned left, displacing its weight to the right side. I leaned into the panel and, as it...
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Iron Heart”
How many flights did it take to get to Iraq from America’s heartland? I couldn’t remember. Relaxation didn’t come so easily for many Marines, although veterans seemed to be able to turn on and off like...
View ArticleUnglued from Time: Shahriar Mandanipour’s Moon Brow
A quick look at the best-regarded, most enduring war novels of the past one hundred years reveals a drive towards originality and specificity. These stories either narrow the “war” theme into something...
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Mindful Witnesses: Three Books from New Directions
In Her Feminine Sign is the title of Dunya Mikhail’s newest collection of poetry (forthcoming from New Directions on July 30, and available to Rumpus Poetry Book Club members first week of July), and...
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On the Futility of Defying Extinction
My girlfriend is in the bath. I stand at the kitchen sink, reciting a list of words in my head. Our one-bedroom apartment is small, but I can get away with incanting if I keep it under my breath. As I...
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Dunya Mikhail
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Dunya Mikhail about her latest collection In Her Feminine Sign (New Directions, July 2019), writing in multiple languages, tablets as poetry, and the stories of...
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Beauty in the Ugly of Living: Talking with Alex Poppe
Alex Poppe, author of the recently released novel Moxie, and the award-winning story collection Girl, World, lives what appears to be an exciting life. She’ll disagree with this, though, as I learned...
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Tangible Darkness
“What time was I born?” Yashar asks his father. “4:45.” “It’s 4:22 now. So in half an hour, I’m six. Right?” “That’s right.” “How old are you?” “Thirty-four.” “Are you ten times older than me?”...
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On Trauma, Memory, and Language: Talking with Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi
There is a sentence in the first half of Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi’s new novel Savage Tongues that seems to also apply to her career thus far. “She’d made it her life’s work to study her own grief,...
View ArticleThis Week in Indie Bookstores
These bookstores and libraries let you spend the night. Check out Semicolon, a Black-owned bookstore in Chicago that focuses on community and literacy. Najafi Street in Mosul, once known for its...
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