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Juliet Linderman
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A Connoisseur of Clouds, a Meteorologist of Whims: The Rumpus Interview with Paul Auster
I don’t know why I write. If I knew the answer, I probably wouldn’t have to.
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Happy Birthday Herman
“And I only am escaped alone to tell thee” If he were alive, today, August 1st 2009, would be Herman Melville’s 190th birthday and on this occasion I’d like to take the opportunity to pay a small, humble tribute to…
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The Rumpus Interview with Dave Hill
It’s kind of hard not to fall a little bit in love with someone who, immediately upon meeting up for a mid-afternoon interview, asks if it’s cool to stop at the liquor store first to buy a big bottle of…
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Book Expo Preview
While construction workers and stagehands were scurrying around the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City—which will play host to the BEA for the next four years—the CEO of the whole thing called a press conference preview, to break…
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The Last Book(s) I Loved: Juliet Linderman, Civilwarland in Bad Decline and Pastoralia
It’s impossible to read George Saunders books slowly. This might be cheating because I’d read them before, although not in a few years, but a couple of weeks ago I picked up Civilwarland in Bad Decline and Pastoralia, Saunders’ two…
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The Rumpus Interview with Jaclyn Friedman
I’ve been interested in talking and educating about rape, safety and sexuality for most of my adult life.
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The Rumpus Interview with Andrew Sean Greer
I’ve heard other novelists say this, which makes me feel like I’m not crazy, that the problem with every novel is finding the key to it, finding the way in.
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Bettie Page: Bangs, Bondage and Beyond
How One Accidental Pin-Up Changed the Face of Feminism Forever