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Gina Frangello
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A Gripping, Limited Call to Arms: Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments
There are so many happy endings that dystopia and utopia become almost indistinguishable by the novel’s end.
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: The Year of Light and Dark
It isn’t much of a contest to say that Julie Coyne is the single most inspirational human being I have ever met. And I am here—in Xela—in part because I could use a little inspiration.
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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Mark Haskell Smith
Mark Haskell Smith on what he learned about nudity and politics, nudity and sexuality, and naturists vs. libertines while writing his new book, Naked at Lunch.
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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Jill Alexander Essbaum
Celebrated poet Jill Alexander Essbaum talks about her best-selling novel Hausfrau, a dark, sex-drenched tale about sadness and the consequences of turning away when consciousness calls.
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Farewell, “Casa Azul Cripple,” and Other Voices Querétaro 2015
Today marks my last day as the editor of the Sunday Rumpus, and I’m honored to celebrate it by publishing one of my favorite writers working today, Emily Rapp, with a stunningly powerful and complex essay, “Casa Azul Cripple.” I…
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Other Voices Querétaro Dates and Faculty Announced
Now in its third year, Other Voices Querétaro, launched by longtime Sunday Rumpus editor Gina Frangello, and boasting a host of Rumpus regulars as faculty, including Emily Rapp, Rob Roberge, and the newly added Jennifer Pastiloff, announces its 2015 dates: May…
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The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Tod Goldberg
“We like the idea of a guy who gets away with it…It’s a very American ideal—the freedom to break the law.”
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Goodbye for now…and new at the Sunday Rumpus helm…
Dear amazing Rumpus tribe— This September marks my third anniversary as the editor of The Sunday Rumpus. These three years have included some of the true highlights of my 17 years as an editor—from being able to interview one of…
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California or Bust!
This Sunday Rumpus happens to find me arriving in original Rumpus stomping ground, San Francisco, where I’m thrilled to be reading at The Make-Out Room tonight with Janice Cooke Newman and Liza Monroy! Master of ceremonies is San Fran and…
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Welcome to Book Reviews Sunday!
This Sunday, we’re pleased to offer four new book reviews, including our Sunday Feature, a more in-depth analysis of the United States’ immigration policies on cross cultural American families. Happy reading!
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Next Sunday is a Book Reviews Extravaganza!
On March 30, The Sunday Rumpus will celebrate spring with a bang, making sure you are at no loss for reading material! Be sure to tune in to see a cornucopia of reviews from regular Rumpus reviewers, Anna March and…