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I would love to see more literature courses used to bring canonical books into conversation with other authors, taking another writer’s point of view to expand and critique the lens offered by the canon.

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Interviews

A Memoir of Becoming and a Tribute to Joni Mitchell: A Conversation with Paul Lisicky

I write because I want to be in another place, out of my chair, looking up at trees.

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Poetry

Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Alex Vigue

the floor is lava // the lava is a river / this river does not drown

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Interviews

Of Tides, Stars, and other Motherly Forces: A Conversation with Stephanie Niu

...in the same way that words and sounds can rhyme, ideas and facts can also rhyme.

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Voices on Addiction

Voices on Addiction: Gotta Light?

Was he going to show up and tell our parents? What would we say? Would we lie? Would Sarah cry again?

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Reviews

Rich Kids Want to Die Too: Julia Kornberg’s Berlin Atomized

...[BERLIN ATOMIZED is] about the internal and external chaos of growing up during globalization in an exploding, rootless world—one in which young people can’t tell who they are.

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Interviews

Love, Grief, and the Search for Postpartum Healing: A Conversation with Shayne Terry

For me, the process of essay play involves a lot of making things visible that were invisible, which often means circling back to show what else was there.

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