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2017

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Truth and Beauty: Talking with Joshua Wolf Shenk

  • Emma Winsor Wood
  • August 18, 2017
The new Editor-in-Chief of The Believer dismantles stereotypes of Las Vegas, discusses the magazine's acquisition, and makes a case for bringing journalism into the academy.
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Why I Chose Kaveh Akbar’s Calling a Wolf a Wolf for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club

  • Brian Spears
  • August 17, 2017
When I read one of Kaveh Akbar's poems, I often find myself entranced by the beauty of his lines and marveling at how both the lines and the poems contain incredible strength in seeming delicacy.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #97: Peg Alford Pursell

  • Linda Michel-Cassidy
  • August 17, 2017
Peg Alford Pursell discusses SHOW HER A FLOWER, A BIRD, A SHADOW, openness, brevity, lyricism, and the benefit of dwelling in our emotions.
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Inappropriate Shock

  • Julia Cohen
  • August 17, 2017
Over the song, for the first time in three days, we can’t hear the beeping of Q’s monitors. I slip my hands in his back pockets and rest my cheek on his neck. As we spin, medical wires wrap around us like seaweed.
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Erasing the Girl: Why Don’t We Trust Women to Tell Their Stories of Disordered Eating?

  • Arielle Bernstein
  • August 17, 2017
I didn’t want to criticize her, or demand explanations from her. I just wanted to hear her speak.
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Notable Portland: 8/17–8/23

  • Olivia Olivia
  • August 17, 2017
Literary events and readings in and around Portland this week!
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This Week in Trumplandia

  • Buffy Flores
  • August 17, 2017
Check in with us every Thursday for a weekly roundup of the most pertinent content on our country.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee

  • Dan Weiss
  • August 17, 2017
Shocked that this is a question that still needs answering: why should we take down Confederate monuments? Do we pass down trauma in our DNA? Maybe! I will never pass…
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Wanted/Needed/Loved: Nathan Stocker’s Best Birthday Gift

  • Allyson McCabe and Esme Blegvad
  • August 17, 2017
A truly personal letter is really something different than a song. It’s intended only for the person it’s written to. A song is a way to share that emotional experience with others.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Pet Store

  • Siobhan May
  • August 16, 2017
The boy is looking for something specific. I can tell. It shows on his face when he scans the shelves and doesn’t find it.
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The Colonizer

  • Charlotte Gullick
  • August 16, 2017
It felt like one of those soundtracks where the needle scrapes across the record, and silence prevails.
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Notable San Francisco: 8/16–8/22

  • Charles Kruger
  • August 16, 2017
Literary events and readings in and around the Bay Area this week!
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