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What to Read When You Can’t Write

  • Courtney Maum
  • April 17, 2020
Courtney Maum shares a reading list to celebrate BEFORE AND AFTER THE BOOK DEAL.
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What to Read When You Want a Fresh Start

  • The Rumpus
  • January 5, 2018
In keeping with the spirit of the New Year holiday, we've put together a list of books that deal with new beginnings—and the unexpected twists and turns that come after.
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A Curious Swarm or Energy: Talking with Rachel B. Glaser

  • Maria Anderson
  • December 29, 2017
Rachel B. Glaser discusses her newest poetry collection, HAIRDO, her writing process, and the books and writers that have influenced her.
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Literary Fashion

  • Stephanie Bento
  • November 4, 2015
“We’re so lonely in our processes,” July laughs of the plight of so many creative types, “that it’s just fun—like, ‘Wow, we get to email with each other!’ when usually…
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HORN! REVIEWS: The First Bad Man

  • Kevin Thomas
  • July 3, 2015
Cheryl Glickman has a system for maintaining a low-friction life. When she trades total control for knowledge, the soap bubble pops...
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The First Bad Man by Miranda July

  • Ava Kofman
  • March 2, 2015
Ava Kofman reviews The First Bad Man by Miranda July today in Rumpus Books.
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Reviewing July

  • Guia Cortassa
  • February 17, 2015
So my introduction to July was one at which I watched her redefine boundaries and hijack something destined to be inert and turn it into something uncomfortably alive, whether you…
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On Boxes of Powerful Things and Bad Men

  • Guia Cortassa
  • January 22, 2015
I think often in my work the things that people are doing, just to get by, I think of as their art. It ends up looking almost a little bit…
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