The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #159: John Wray
“I think the material itself should be calling the shots.”
Mini-Interviews
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project features short interviews with interesting people.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #158: Paige Cooper
“The leaps that fill in the gaps between ideas are the best thing about reading.”
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #157: Sarah Viren
”There’s a danger to the word [’mine’] that I find really rich and exciting.”
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #156: Steph Auteri
“I wanted my book to open up a conversation.”
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #155: Bonnie Chau
“There’s always the thought that there’s more, there’s something else, something more than this.”
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #154: Jaclyn Gilbert
“We have to create spaces for all voices to be heard in us.”
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #153: Julie Schumacher
“I have to confess here that I never studied Shakespeare in college.”
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #152: Anita Felicelli
“My gut instinct is to privilege rebels.”
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #151: David Shields
“Antidote to Trump? Whole book is an attempt to find one.”
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #150: Catherine Lacey
“Honestly, I couldn’t write a non-transgressive woman if I tried.”
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #149: Susan Orlean
“I believe a writer should know a lot more than what she puts on the page.”
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #148: Daniel Torday
“I also wanted this to be a deeply overtly American book.”