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We lift up new voices alongside those of more established writers readers already know and love. After Caruso walked in 2021 and then Malik Monk, Reaves Arkansan youth basketball buddy, left the Lakers for Sacramento last summer despite L.A.s desire to keep him, the thought of Reaves. Publication Date: JGenres: Fiction Paperback: 432 pages Publisher: St. By the end of the novel, many of the characters who tried to be good and helpful to others end up being tossed aside as well. Our mostly volunteer-run magazine strives to be a platform for risk-taking voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere. Anthony Breznican, quote from Brutal Youth His father, a failed cop who found sporadic work as a security guard after alcoholism cost him that job, just assumed his son was queer, and after he died, Zimmer’s mother decided to finally ask him directly, which he knew was very painful for her. BRUTAL YOUTH begins with statues of the saints being heaved off the roof. Founded in 2009, The Rumpus is one of the longest running independent online literary and culture magazines.

Brutal Youth by Anthony Breznican