Rachel Kushner’s The Flamethrowers Sets Fire to Precedent
It seems that a woman may have written the next ‘Great American Novel.’ And male critics are freaking out about it.
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Abigail Bereola
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Abigail Bereola is a writer and the Books Editor for The Rumpus. On Twitter, @sherarelytweets.
Break My Heart Everyday
“Dear Allah: If it will keep my heart soft, break my heart everyday.” This is how writer and poet Warsan Shire’s beautiful album of spoken word ends. In “warsan versus…
Remembering Marina Keegan
A little over a year ago, Marina Keegan gained her undergraduate degree from Yale University. Five days later, she died in a car accident. Keegan was carving out a path…
Pocket Notes: Documentations of the Creative Process
“What happens between the idea and the product?” Pocket Notes is a project about compiling ideas. Their focus is not on the destination, but the journey; it is not the…