Election: On Brain Trauma, Queerness, and Digging for Old Coke Bottles in Cleveland
“We were confident we’d wake up into a business-as-usual capitalist democracy.”
Fast and Furious
de facto
thwack
Spaceballs
Family Feud
That
don’t let the rangers see you doing that
I wish I was there with you. I love youI miss you . . . scared about tonight
How did Italy survive Berlusconi? Why did Weimar crumble and the Third Reich ascend?
Rafael Frumkin is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the Medill School of Journalism. His first novel, The Comedown, was published by Henry Holt in 2018 to critical acclaim. His satirical second novel, Confidence, will be published by Simon and Schuster in 2023, and his collection, Bugsy and Other Stories, is slated to hit shelves in early 2024. He lives with his partner, two cats, and one dog in Carbondale, IL, where he is an assistant professor of creative writing at Southern Illinois University.
Enter your email address to receive notifications for author Rafael Frumkin
Success!
Confirmation link sent to your email to add you to notification list for author Rafael Frumkin
More in this series
Nietzsche and Kanye Don’t Know Shit About My Migraine Pain
“Migraine is deceptive pain. It lies when it begins, and it lies about what it signifies. It signifies nothing.”
The Bipolar Nanny Diaries
Shame alley-ooped my fear. I worked with children and I had a mental illness. They were antithetical.
Pickles Taught Me the Art of Self-Preservation
I was not suspended in a timeless brine like my pickles. I was not a stoic javelin of cellulose waiting to strike a bored palette. My answers would not be in rigidity, in control.