Interviews Archives - Page 64 of 78

The Rumpus Interview with Daniel Alarcón

Daniel Alarcón talks about his latest novel, At Night We Walk in Circles, drawing inspiration from Bolaño and Chekhov, the writer's place of privilege, and the questions that arise from an imagined life that easily could have been.

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The Rumpus Interview with Ming Holden

Writer and development worker Ming Holden discusses her book The Survival Girls, a nonfiction novella that looks at the lives of a group of refugee women from Nairobi who use art and personal performance to combat systematic abuse.

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The Rumpus Interview with Scot Sothern

LA-based photographer Scot Sothern talks about his decades-long career taking photos on the streets, and how his portraits of sex workers advocate on behalf of an often marginalized and misunderstood community.

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The Rumpus Interview with Musharraf Ali Farooqi

Pakistani writer Musharraf Ali Farooqi discusses his new novel, Between Clay and Dust, how translation has informed his writing, and why the slender book took ten years to write.

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The Rumpus Interview with Scott McClanahan

Writer Scott McClanahan talks about DIY book tours, making films with Two Dollar Radio, producing "neurotic things that are fucked-up and nasty," and the sinister nature of tote bags.

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The Rumpus Interview with Rich Villar

Poet Rich Villar discusses his activism, his admiration for Pablo Neruda, the importance of vernacular, and why love poetry may be the most political poetry of all.

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The Rumpus Interview with Kathleen Hanna

Frontwoman of seminal '90s punk band Bikini Kill, experimental multimedia group Le Tigre, and now The Julie Ruin, Kathleen Hanna talks about how her music is about herself, now more than ever, and what it's like to be considered an iconic leader of the Riot Grrrl movement.

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The Rumpus Interview with Patricia Lockwood

Patricia Lockwood, poet and author of the infamous "Rape Joke," talks about her book Balloon Pop Outlaw Black, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s influence on her writing, and what fame means for poets in the age of social media.

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The Rumpus Interview with Edwidge Danticat

For our first interview of 2014, The Rumpus sits down with the luminous Edwidge Danticat to discuss the staying power of the short story, the impact of resistance, statelessness and Dominican-Haitian relations, and giving yourself permission to write.

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The Rumpus Interview with Therese Workman and Tyler Wood of Oh My Goodness

Therese Workman and Tyler Wood talk about growing up in Maine and what it's like to be DIY in the music industry today.

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The Rumpus Interview with Beth Lisick

Beth Lisick, writer and the co-founder of Porchlight, the monthly storytelling series and a San Francisco institution, sits down to chat about collecting her shames, working with City Lights on her newest book, the act of telling stories in public, and the messiness of being a human.

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The Rumpus Interview with Ronee Blakley

In 1975, Robert Altman's Nashville hit the big screen and introduced American audiences to country and folk singer Ronee Blakley. Here, Blakley sits down for a chat about her Academy Award-nominated role, working with Altman, and her current stance as a feminist and activist.

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