Mini-Interviews Archives - Page 19 of 23

Each year on my dog Isso’s birthday, I give him the gift of voice: a reading with pet psychics/animal communicators who “talk” to Isso about his likes and dislikes, requests, preferences and physical ailments, if any.

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #50: Miranda July on We Think Alone

The multitalented Miranda July has departed from her usual theme of everyday people and enlisted ten celebrities and public figures to divulge emails from their personal inboxes.

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #49: Paul of Captain Pete’s Bait & Tackle

Wendy C. Ortiz conducts a mini-interview with one of her favorite Facebook friends, who happens to be in a notorious motorcycle gang.

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #48: Sara Finnerty in Conversation with Her Grandmother, Elena Iocco

My grandparents, Luigi and Elena, were married on February 14th, 1947, in Italy, where there is no such thing as Valentines Day.

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #47: Kevin Sampsell in Conversation with Gary Lutz

Gary Lutz, who in many circles is already known as a master of sentences, takes it to another level in his new collection, Divorcer (Calamari Press). Some of the sentences…

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #46: Dane Golden in Conversation with Alan Paul

Beijing was changing under his feet, and expatriate Alan Paul was changing, too. A transplanted suburban dad, he was a “trailing spouse” who followed his wife on her promotion and…

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #45: Chloe Caldwell in Conversation with Sarah Kilborne

I interviewed author, Sarah Kilborne, who lives in the same town as I do, Hudson, New York, and takes banjo lessons downstairs in my father’s music store that I live…

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #44: Beverly Parayno in Conversation with Gregory

Gregory is an eighty-two-year-old Russian Jewish man who works across the aisle from me at a nonprofit community center in Palo Alto. I’d always been curious about why he was…

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #43: Alana Voth in Conversation with Her Facebook Friend, Terry Gearlds

Terry Gearlds and I have never met. We’re friends on Facebook. We share some stuff in common like True Blood and horror movies. Also, anytime either of us see a…

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #42: Aimee Loiselle in Conversation with Grace Smith

I met Grace Smith (Yup’ik) when I was researching an article for The Circle, a Native American newspaper in the Twin Cities. The Native community in the Twin Cities is…

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #41: Alex Behr in Conversation with Margaret Murray

I heard about Margaret Murray before I met her: strange rumors about her being a kept woman in LA and a sad, true story of her apartment burning down in…

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #40: Chelsea Biondolillo in Conversation with a Ghost Hunter

My sister is six years younger, and as kids we never got along. In high school, I went through a phase that involved a lot of sneaking out to drink…

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #51: Pet Psychic Marla Steele

The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #50: Miranda July on We Think Alone

The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #49: Paul of Captain Pete’s Bait & Tackle

The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #48: Sara Finnerty in Conversation with Her Grandmother, Elena Iocco

The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #47: Kevin Sampsell in Conversation with Gary Lutz

The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #46: Dane Golden in Conversation with Alan Paul

The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #45: Chloe Caldwell in Conversation with Sarah Kilborne

The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #44: Beverly Parayno in Conversation with Gregory

The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #43: Alana Voth in Conversation with Her Facebook Friend, Terry Gearlds

The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #42: Aimee Loiselle in Conversation with Grace Smith

The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #41: Alex Behr in Conversation with Margaret Murray

The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #40: Chelsea Biondolillo in Conversation with a Ghost Hunter

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