Between the angular cuts of the typography, the searing red letterforms, and the torn wallpaper, the cover of Our Cut of Salt ...

I have a scar that runs from my hip to my knee, and for years I described it the way a doctor would: fracture, plate, six screws. The morning before the surgery, I remember staring at the ceiling of a ...

First impressions are important. As a new student at four elementary schools across two states, my fun fact was a crowd-pleaser—I once lived near the equator. College admissions learned about my ...

and here we are, inside on the couch. That’s why we live here. Every day is gorgeous and 60 is the new sexy stash.

The Rumpus publishes original fiction, poetry, literary humor writing, comics, essays, book reviews, and interviews with authors and artists of all kinds. Our mostly volunteer-run magazine strives to ...

On May 31, 2019, The Rumpus highlighted Dorothy Roberts and this foundational text in a curated reading list issue titled “What to Read When Women’s Bodies Are Under Attack.” HOWEVER: AI says that “ ...

As a late-diagnosed neurodivergent woman, I related to the unnamed narrator in Jess Shannon’s debut novel Cleaner (Scribner, 2026). While the narrator, a highly educated visual artist in her ...