Interviews
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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,…
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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…
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The Rumpus Interview with Dr. Mimi Hoang
Dr. Mimi Hoang, psychologist, author, and co-founder of the Los Angeles Bi Task Force and amBi, discusses the lack of a bisexual voice in the national conversation and her long-term work as a mental health advocate and researcher of bi…
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The Rumpus Interview with Kevin Sampsell
Writer and publisher Kevin Sampsell talks about his first novel, This Is Between Us, the intricacies of romantic relationships, and making people uncomfortable through “holy shit moments.”
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The Rumpus Interview with Kevin Barry
Irish writer Kevin Barry sits down for a chat about life in County Sligo, not knowing what your stories are about until years after you’ve written them, and the summer he spent in a camping trailer on a West Cork…
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The Rumpus Interview with Maureen Seaton
Maureen Seaton sits down to discuss queering poetry, collaborating on collections, vacillating between literary genres, and why Audre Lorde’s “Uses of the Erotic” is at the top of her credos.
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The Rumpus Interview with Stephen Dixon
The prolific Stephen Dixon sits down with The Rumpus to discuss the endings of short stories, beginning with good lines, and his evasive history with editors.
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The Rumpus Interview with Sarah McCarry
Writer Sarah McCarry chats about girl friendships, holding down multiple jobs at once, and setting her novel, a retelling of the Orpheus myth, against the backdrop of 1990s grunge-fueled Seattle.
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The Rumpus Interview with David Schickler
Writer David Schickler talks about his memoir The Dark Path, the equal pulls of religion and sex, and why having a sense of humor matters.
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The Rumpus Interview with Catherine Bush
Canadian novelist Catherine Bush discusses the powers—and lives—of accusation, the close relationship between work and character, and the role of the social circus, at home and in the developing world.
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The Rumpus Interview with Mary Kay Zuravleff
Mary Kay Zuravleff talks about the DNA of the novel, how wordplay and math-thinking have influenced her writing, and the meaning behind “the art of family life is to not take it personally.”
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The Rumpus Interview with Ellen Bryant Voigt
Poet Ellen Bryant Voigt speaks to the power of syntax, and her newest collection, Headwaters—”a monument to the conscious mind’s compulsion to order and interpret a chaotic world.”