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The Rumpus Interview with Janet Mock

Writer and activist Janet Mock sits down to discuss her memoir, Redefining Realness, the representation (and misrepresentation) of trans stories in the media, family narratives, and the continued difficulties of writing about sex work.

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The Rumpus Interview with Julian Tepper

Writer and musician Julian Tepper talks about his first novel Balls, the social stigmas surrounding illness, the appeal of lounge jazz pianists, and the imaginary boredom of Philip Roth.

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The Rumpus Interview with Enver Gjokaj

With an identical twin brother, a name that looks like a poorly constructed anagram, and an amazing talent for embodying different personas, there are a lot of reasons to believe Enver Gjokaj is not a real person.

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The Rumpus Interview with Annalee Newitz

Annalee Newitz, editor-in-chief of io9.com and author of Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive A Mass Extinction, discusses the state of the planet, long-term planning, and the admirable survival instincts of the Lystrosaurus.

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The Rumpus Interview with Summer Pierre

Writer and illustrator Summer Pierre talks about the business of publishing books, no longer feeling lost to the fantasy of what it means to be a published writer, and how the experience of having her book go out of print led to pursuing her dream work.

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The Rumpus Interview with Walter Kirn

Writer Walter Kirn talks about his latest book, Blood Will Out, the art of deception, interviewing himself for the New York Times, and one-upping George Clooney.

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The Rumpus Interview with Nathan Deuel

Nathan Deuel discussees his collection of essays, Friday Was The Bomb: Five Years in the Middle East, and his attempts to encapsulate cultures so often misunderstood and misrepresented by American media.

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The Rumpus Interview with David James Poissant

David James Poissant talks about his debut collection, The Heaven of Animals, revisiting story characters in novels, and the differences between realist and "glowing baby stories."

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The Rumpus Interview with Laura Cogan and Oscar Villalon

Laura Cogan and Oscar Villalon, the editors of ZYZZYVA, sit down to discuss the literary journal's 100th issue, thriving as a print publication in the digital age, and being a staple of San Francisco's cultural community.

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The Rumpus Interview with Astra Taylor

Driven by philosophical thought, Astra Taylor—documentary filmmaker, activist, and writer—looks at the way the Internet has affected social and economic change in her new book, The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age.

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The Rumpus Interview with Stephen Malkmus

Stephen Malkmus—founding member, lead singer, guitarist, and main songwriter of Pavement, one of the most critically and publicly adored bands in indie rock history—talks about his recent years with the Jicks, writing riffs, and not dwelling on the past.

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The Rumpus Interview with Ashley Farmer

Voices call back to one another throughout Ashley Farmer’s Beside Myself—the breaks between stories sometimes function like key changes, encouraging readers to receive the book’s motifs in different ways...

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