This Week in Essays
At Longreads, Jennifer Hope Choi traces a line between a birthmark, a family history, and an ethnology. For VIDA, Mirene Arsanios reflects on language, translation, and the power that an…
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In Between the In-Between: Talking with Jenny Zhang
Jenny Zhang discusses her story collection Sour Heart, trying to escape the past, collective versus individual responsibility for trauma, and love as imprisonment.
Album of the Week: Call It Love by Briana Marela
Call It Love is Briana Marela’s third album, and her first after signing with Jagjaguwar. In the album’s ten tracks, the Seattleite explores the many facets of love, from its early…
Death, Memory, and Other Superpowers
There was no cedar chest filled with tissue-wrapped rattles, handprint art projects, and bronzed baby shoes. Our parents never spoke of our missing sister.
Notable Philadelphia: 8/8–8/14
Tuesday 8/8: West Philadelphia Orchestra Dance Party with special guest Falsa. 9 p.m. at Franky Bradley’s, $10. Hello Shark // Big Eater // Slow Ref // Spring Onion // Most Selfless Cheerleader. 7 p.m. at…
This Week in Indie Bookstores
Texas bookstores hold their own Independent Bookstore Day. Dissident Hong Kong bookstore owner threatened by the Chinese government is attempting to open a bookstore in Taiwan.
Bodies Testing Boundaries: The Worlds We Think We Know by Dalia Rosenfeld
The Worlds We Think We Know by Dalia Rosenfeld is a profound debut that carefully undermines the foundational assumptions we have about other people.
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Could we slow the spread of disease by changing how we board planes? Maybe! Here’s your Modernist Middle Eastern architecture Tumblr for the day. Let’s all explore some mid-century hotel…
Rumpus Exclusive: An Excerpt from Matthew Gallaway’s #gods
Matthew Gallaway's new novel, #gods, is out this month from Fiction Advocate.
Faith, Gods, and Gay Sex: A Conversation with Matthew Gallaway
Matthew Gallaway discusses his second novel, #gods, moving from a big publishing house to an indie press, and why it was important to him to depict gay sex in writing.
The Long and Winding Road to a Bestseller
In Warren Adler‘s first-ever video portraying his personal story of becoming an enduring novelist, the acclaimed author of The War of the Roses speaks frankly about the trials and tribulations he faced…
Voices on Addiction: The Honeybee
She never stopped, a bee buzzing from flower to flower to flower, collecting all the sweetness she could.