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As Close To Us As Breathing by Elizabeth Poliner

By Amina Gautier

December 6th, 2016

Amina Gautier reviews As Close To Us As Breathing by Elizabeth Poliner today in Rumpus Books.

Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta

By Amina Gautier

October 6th, 2016

Amina Gautier reviews Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta today in Rumpus Books.

The Mercy Journals by Claudia Casper

By Amina Gautier

July 26th, 2016

Amina Guatier reviews The Mercy Journals by Claudia Casper today in Rumpus Books.

A Curious Land by Susan Muaddi Darraj

By Amina Gautier

May 5th, 2016

Amina Gautier reviews A Curious Land by Susan Muaddi Darraj today in Rumpus Books.

The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Ravi Howard

By Amina Gautier

February 7th, 2016

Amina Gautier interviews novelist Ravi Howard, author of Like Trees, Walking and Driving the King.

Mourner’s Bench by Sanderia Faye

By Amina Gautier

November 23rd, 2015

Amina Gautier reviews Mourner’s Bench by Sanderia Faye today in Rumpus Books.

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

By Amina Gautier

July 7th, 2015

Amina Guatier reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen today in Rumpus Books.

Mr. and Mrs. Doctor by Julie Iromuanya

By Amina Gautier

June 9th, 2015

Amina Gautier reviews Mr. and Mrs. Doctor by Julie Iromuanya today in Rumpus Books.

The Rumpus Original Combo with Danzy Senna

By Amina Gautier

July 7th, 2009

We are all students of memory. Each of us has our own truth to tell.

Amina Gautier is the author of three award-winning short story collections: At-Risk, Now We Will Be Happy, and The Loss of All Lost Things. At-Risk was awarded the Flannery O’Connor Award, The First Horizon Award, and the Eric Hoffer Legacy Fiction Award. Now We Will Be Happy captured the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction and the Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Book Award. The Loss of All Lost Things was awarded the Elixir Press Award in Fiction. Her work has appeared in Agni, Callaloo, Glimmer Train, Iowa Review, Kenyon Review, Prairie Schooner, and Southern Review among other places. Gautier teaches in the Department of English at the University of Miami.