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Panic Mode: The Influencing Machine by Brooke Gladstone and Josh Neufeld

  • Lily Houston Smith
  • July 7, 2021
Cyclical patterns of journalism notwithstanding, Gladstone sees this moment as uniquely concerning.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: La Yegüita

  • John Manuel Arias
  • September 30, 2020
The hit below the belt worked. A jab like that was the quickest way to protect one’s denial.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Sacred Stories”

  • Sarah Kasbeer
  • September 8, 2020
All anyone really wants is to be seen and heard, and yet we avoid seeing and hearing others every day.
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Trauma as Inheritance: Adam P. Frankel’s The Survivors

  • Diane Gottlieb
  • August 5, 2020
The survivor is left to ponder whom he has become.
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The Lenses We Can’t See: A Conversation with Howard Axelrod

  • Amy Danzer
  • February 28, 2020
Howard Axelrod discusses his new book, THE STARS IN OUR POCKETS.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #170: Richard Blanco

  • Padma Venkatraman
  • April 4, 2019
“I guess you could say that engineering paved the road to poetry for me, pardon the pun.”
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Cowboy or Terrorist? Harney County and the Trump Presidency

  • Nora Brooks
  • November 6, 2017
One person’s freedom to do anything they want can mean the absolute negation of another’s freedom.
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The Woman Behind the Curtain Pulling the Levers: Talking with Zinzi Clemmons

  • Jaime Herndon
  • October 6, 2017
Zinzi Clemmons on What We Lose, representations of blackness, and life's influences on writing.
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What to Read When You Want Your Kids to Grow Up to Be Good

  • The Rumpus
  • September 8, 2017
A list of picture books to create meaningful conversations with kids about the way America is now and the ways we hope to make it better.
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Transgressive and Unruly Women: Talking with Anne Helen Petersen

  • Rachel Vorona Cote
  • September 6, 2017
Anne Helen Peterson discusses her new book, Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman, her writing process, and academia.
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There Is Simply No Time for This: Whose Streets? and Civil Rights Cinema

  • Argun Ulgen
  • July 27, 2017
It is unlikely I will see the US justice system evolve toward an egalitarian ideal in my lifetime. But Whose Streets? does offer a clearly visible North Star.
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Where You Put It on the Line: A Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith

  • Abigail Bereola
  • May 10, 2017
Mychal Denzel Smith discusses his debut nonfiction book Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, how the activist space has changed in recent years, and who he is writing for.
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