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Ryan Krull

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Ryan Krull teaches in the department of Communication and Media at the University of Missouri–St. Louis and is the Interviews Editor for Boulevard magazine.
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We Have to Trust Our Punch: A Conversation with Kevin Young

  • Ryan Krull
  • January 5, 2018
Kevin Young discusses Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News, America's relationship to hoaxes, and what we can learn from that relationship.
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An Erasure of Distance: Traveling in Circles with Nathan Englander

  • Ryan Krull
  • September 15, 2017
Nathan Englander talks about his new novel, Dinner at the Center of the Earth, the experience of being interviewed, and why he believes books can save lives.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #95: Gabe Habash

  • Ryan Krull
  • August 3, 2017
Gabe Habash’s Stephen Florida is a three-hundred page manic unraveling of the titular Stephen’s psyche, told over the course of one season of collegiate wrestling. In the opening pages, Stephen…
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The Rumpus Interview with Kea Wilson

  • Ryan Krull
  • March 13, 2017
Kea Wilson discusses her debut novel We Eat Our Own, the influence of film on her work, and what she's learned from working as a bookseller.
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The Rumpus Interview with Terry McDonell

  • Ryan Krull
  • December 9, 2016
Terry McDonell talks about his new memoir The Accidental Life and his career in the magazine business, which spans the beginning of New Journalism through the digital revolution.
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The Rumpus Interview with Brian Blanchfield

  • Ryan Krull
  • June 15, 2016
Poet and writer Brian Blanchfield talks about his essay collection Proxies, touring in support of a prose collection versus a poetry collection, and frottage.
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The Rumpus Interview with Minsoo Kang

  • Ryan Krull
  • April 13, 2016
Writer and historian Minsoo Kang talks about his new translation of The Story of Hong Gildong, a touchstone novel of Korea written in the 19th century.
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The Rumpus Interview with Meghan Daum and Elliott Holt

  • Ryan Krull
  • March 14, 2016
Meghan Daum, the anthology's editor, and Elliott Holt, who contributed its penultimate essay, discuss Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed.
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The Rumpus Interview with Rick Moody

  • Ryan Krull
  • November 11, 2015
Rick Moody talks about the newly collected writings of the elusive Reginald Edward Morse, Hotels of North America, and why fiction in general ought to lie more.
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The Rumpus Interview with Chinelo Okparanta

  • Ryan Krull
  • November 6, 2015
Chinelo Okparanta talks about her debut novel, Under the Udala Trees, her upcoming appearance at Portland’s Wordstock book festival, and LGBTQ rights in America and worldwide.
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The Rumpus Interview with Sean Bernard

  • Ryan Krull
  • October 23, 2015
Sean Bernard talks about the placid, annoying heaven of his debut novel, Studies in the Hereafter, why he’s both optimistic and cynical about human nature, and the difference between writing short stories and a novel.
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The Rumpus Interview with Garth Risk Hallberg

  • Ryan Krull
  • October 16, 2015
Garth Risk Hallberg talks about his debut, City on Fire, living in New York City now and in the ’70s, and the anxiety and gratitude you feel when your first novel generates so much buzz.
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