Figuring It Out: A Conversation with Rosellen Brown
Rosellen Brown discusses her new novel, THE LAKE ON FIRE.
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Books
Little What to Read When
A new monthly illustrated What to Read When for the young readers in our lives!
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Making a Nest within a Book: Kevin McLellan’s Ornitheology
In my reading, Ornitheology turns out to be a book of psalms.
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All Tied Up and Slipping Away: Talking with Micah Perks
Micah Perks discusses TRUE LOVE AND OTHER MIRACULOUS ESCAPES.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #149: Susan Orlean
“I believe a writer should know a lot more than what she puts on the page.”
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The Queer Syllabus: House Rules by Heather Lewis
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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My Nebraska is Only One Nebraska: Erica Trabold’s Five Plots
Five Plots wades into the enigmatic relationships between family and memory, where truth is seemingly as placid as the Platte River but re-examination causes a re-route.
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Above All, Time: A Conversation with Beth Bachmann
Poet Beth Bachmann discusses her new collection, CEASE.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “In the Realm of Vanished Beasts”
Our experience has not been curated; we make of it what we want.
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Change Ourselves, Change the World: Talking with Lacy M. Johnson
Lacy M. Johnson discusses THE RECKONINGS.
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What to Read When You’ve Lost Your Spiritual Flashlight
A go-to list for refreshing, down-to-earth, spot-on spiritual reading.
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Hard-Earned, Essential Grace: Anaphora by Kevin Goodan
No elegy is an island and this elegy is no exception.
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Smart Girls, Weird Magic: Talking with Kendra Fortmeyer
Kendra Fortmeyer discusses her first novel, HOLE IN THE MIDDLE.
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The Queer Syllabus: Rufus: The Bat Who Loved Colors by Tomi Ungerer
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Kristi Coulter
This world doesn’t have to like me. But it does have to reckon with me, with my humanity.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Too Sexy”
I am not coked out of my mind, I’m coked into my mind.
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This Peculiar Burden: Wesley Yang’s The Souls of Yellow Folk
Yang boasts an admirable track record in publishing on a variety of subjects, but a highlight reel does not a cohesive collection make.
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Circling Backwards, Snaking Sideways: Talking with Sharlene Teo
Sharlene Teo discusses her debut novel, PONTI.
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The Inward Place: A Conversation with Claudia Dey
Claudia Dey discusses her first American release, HEARTBREAKER.
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Little What to Read When
A new monthly illustrated What to Read When for the young readers in our lives!
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We Are Natural Creatures: Talking with Karen Solie
“At the limit of language we meet our mortality.”
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #148: Daniel Torday
“I also wanted this to be a deeply overtly American book.”
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The Queer Syllabus: “The Outing” by James Baldwin
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
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Obsession and Impulse: Olga Tokarczuk’s Flights
The words act as a push, like a wind at your back.
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All of Humanity: A Conversation with Jérôme Ruillier
Jérôme Ruillier discusses his graphic novel, THE STRANGE (L’ETRANGE).
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with José Olivarez
José Olivarez discusses his debut collection, CITIZEN ILLEGAL.
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We Create Our Own Monsters: Talking with Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
Rahna Reiko Rizzuto discusses her newest book, SHADOW CHILD.
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What to Read When You Want Strong Women Who Refuse to Shut Up About Sexuality
Steph Auteri shares a list of books to celebrate her book, A DIRTY WORD.
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Terrible Beauty: Diane Seuss’s Still Life with Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl
…in every piece in the collection, Seuss reminds us that so much depends upon noticing.
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Stories of Survival: A Conversation with Katya Cengel
Katya Cengel discusses her new book, EXILED.
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