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Feral Feminisms in Noir: A Conversation with Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum 

  • Kristen Millares Young
  • January 13, 2025
...Intuition and empathy are central methods of communication when we look to understand others and to put ourselves in others’ positions.
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The First Book: Karissa Chen

  • Karissa Chen
  • January 8, 2025
Despite the many periods of self-doubt I had, the stretches where I felt I would never write anything good again—I would always eventually return to my desk, because I wouldn’t let myself give up.
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Saints, Bodies, and Machines: A Conversation with Erika Swyler

  • Stephanie Feldman
  • January 8, 2025
When we push societal roles aside, what’s left between parents and children is the desire to both care and to be cared for.
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Open to the World: A Conversation with Irvin Weathersby Jr.

  • Sonya Lea
  • January 6, 2025
You can walk around with your eyes closed, but if you do decide to open them and embrace the world around you, you can often be injured by what you see.
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The First Book: Zahid Rafiq

  • Zahid Rafiq
  • December 18, 2024
There were feelings, images, voices, silences, and there is life, the experience of living. It came from that.
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Memoir as a Vehicle for Connection: A Conversation with Sarah LaBrie

  • Jennifer Stewart
  • December 18, 2024
If I can be as specific as possible about my own understanding of my experience, that will have to resonate with some other people.
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The Light Realm, the Dark Realm, and Everything in the Middle: A Conversation with Hyeseung Song

  • Megan E. O’Laughlin
  • December 16, 2024
People have to give themselves more grace. It takes effort to do what we are doing.
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Through the Y2K Looking Glass: A Conversation with Kristen Felicetti

  • Eleanor C. Whitney
  • December 11, 2024
I think as a reader, you can make the mental connection between the internet then and now and how much things have changed.
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A Productive Tension Between Grief and Beauty: A Conversation with Emily Jungmin Yoon

  • Mercedes O’Leary
  • December 9, 2024
I think as a poet overall, I’ve come to really picture specific people when I write, regardless of what the poem is about.
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My Therapist Prescribed Me Dedicated Poetry Practice: A Conversation with Delilah McCrea

  • Carl Lavigne
  • December 4, 2024
Being trans demands, for me, that I deconstruct that constructed world, and that opens up to a more magical one.
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A Good Question is a Risk: A Conversation with Emmalea Russo

  • Valerie Stivers
  • December 2, 2024
Art doesn’t have an obligation to comfort, affirm, make us feel fuzzy. The question is, how do we respond and react?
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The First Book: Holiday Gift Guide

  • The Rumpus
  • November 29, 2024
This holiday season, give a gift of a debut authored book!
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