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Jennifer Fliss

Jennifer Fliss (she/her) is the writer of the story collections As If She Had a Say (2023) and The Predatory Animal Ball (2021.) Her writing has appeared in F(r)iction, The Rumpus, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. She can be found via her website, www.jenniferflisscreative.com.

Interviews

Jennifer Fliss

Apr 8, 2024

“Pregnancy as a Haunted House:” A Conversation with Clare Beams

To me [metaphor] feels connected to the heart of fiction: I’m making a whole fantastical thing in order to capture the essence of a real state or feeling, in order to give myself a language for it.
Features & Reviews, Interviews, Rumpus Original

Jennifer Fliss

Feb 1, 2023

All Storytelling is Nonbinary: An interview with Jennifer Savran Kelly

People who feel safe and able or who have privilege should use the space they create for themselves to make more space for people from marginalized communities. We all need to hold space for one another.
Features & Reviews, Rumpus Original

Jennifer Fliss

May 12, 2021

Finding Home in a Cult’s Aftermath: Talking with Ronit Plank

Ronit Plank discusses her new memoir, WHEN SHE COMES BACK.
Features & Reviews, Rumpus Original

Jennifer Fliss

Aug 16, 2019

The Crowtagonist at the End of the World: Talking with Kira Jane Buxton

Kira Jane Buxton discusses her debut novel, HOLLOW KINGDOM.
Rumpus Original

Jennifer Fliss

Jul 24, 2016

The Sunday Rumpus Essay: Milwaukee. Rust. A Baby.

By the light of early morning, I am writhing in pain again, the drugs are done. But there is a tiny creature—mammal, female—attached to my breast. That is supposed to make it more bearable.