Tillie Olsen
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Nodding to the Unknowable: A Conversation with Theodore Wheeler
Theodore Wheeler discusses his new novel, IN OUR OTHER LIVES.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Neither Wicked Witch nor Fairy Godmother”
[W]hat was going wrong? Why were our stories not being written or published?
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Quiet, Radical Defiance: The Equivalents by Maggie Doherty
Education, work, study: these were not simply a means to an end.
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What to Read When You’re Trying to Exist in an After
Kelly Sundberg shares a reading list to celebrate the paperback release of GOODBYE, SWEET GIRL.
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My Summers of Work, Revolution, and Love
Mah taught me that love wasn’t only rebellious, it was also tenacious.
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The Violence of Lost Time: Planetary Noise: Selected Poetry of Erin Mouré
Translating, in its widest meaning, is an attempt to accomplish what having a passport gives us permission to undertake.
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The Read Along: Megha Majumdar
Megha Majumdar on Russian spies, child-sized newspapers, and why reading difficult fiction can invigorate, rather than depress.
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The Rumpus Interview with Mary Karr
Mary Karr talks about her new book The Art of Memoir, the perception of memoir from a “trashy” form, the virtues of poetry, and the complexity of truth-telling.
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Maintaining Human Life
Writing may be hard work, but it isn’t the kind that pays the bills. Tillie Olsen’s seminal Silences wonders just what kind of work writing really is, and who has the privilege to do it: Though access to education has…
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Tell Me a Riddle, Requa I, and Other Works by Tillie Olsen
Sasha Archibald reviews Tillie Olsen’s TELL ME A RIDDLE, REQUA I, AND OTHER WORKS today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.