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Great Pain, Great Pleasure: Here All Night, Nightshade, and Blazons
All three remind readers that what is imagined is not always real and the world is not as expected.
Too Bright to Belong: A Conversation with Clare Beams
Clare Beams discusses her debut novel, THE ILLNESS LESSON.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #206: Tina May Hall
“[I]t was thrilling to try to push up against genre and density of language and see what strange hybrids emerged.”
Traveler in Residence
Then a light turns on and a panic sets in, like noise: unassailable, unnameable.
Rumpus Original Poetry: Two Poems by Monica Sok
He pretends he cannot be seen. / I pretend I cannot find him.
Deleting Your Photos in a Poppy Field
It took all of the world’s beauty for me step forward, once more.
A Decade of Surface over Significance: Sleeveless by Natasha Stagg
A former editor at V, Stagg is no stranger to the slippage between life and editorial.
No Resolutions: Talking with Lidia Yuknavitch
Lidia Yuknavitch discusses her new story collection, VERGE.