Interviews
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The Rumpus Interview with Nelly Reifler
Writer Nelly Reifler talks about her latest book, Elect H. Mouse State Judge, the bodies of characters, weird writing exercises, and revisiting one’s childhood.
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The Rumpus Interview with Eli Brown
Novelist Eli Brown talks about his creative process, the relationship between writing and visual art, how to correctly define a “pirate,” and his past days as a legitimate martial arts expert.
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The Rumpus Interview with Nina Schuyler
Nina Schuyler discusses her latest novel, The Translator, and delves into its narrative of missed meanings, severed connections, and self-renewal.
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The Rumpus Interview with Kelly Braffet and Lisa Lutz
Megan Abbott convenes a virtual roundtable with writers Kelly Braffet and Lisa Lutz to tackle whether we’re in a post-genre literary world, and discuss, among other things, bank heists, bitch-slapping, and French rats.
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The Rumpus Interview with April Flores and Carlos Batts
Carlos Batts, an award-winning photographer/director, and April Flores, a model/actress plus-sized adult film star, chat with us about their collaborative book, Fat Girl.
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The Rumpus Interview with Nathaniel Kressen
Nathaniel Kressen, writer and co-founder of Second Skin Books, discusses his experience creating a book from start to finish, the importance of editing, and the difference between self-publishing and independent publishing.
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The Rumpus Interview with Brian Lindstrom
We talk to filmmaker Brian Lindstrom about his latest project, Alien Boy, the creative process behind documentary filmmaking, and his personal and artistic relationship with his wife, Cheryl Strayed.
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The Rumpus Interview with Ashley Cardiff
Ashley Cardiff, author of the recently-published Night Terrors: Sex, Dating, Puberty and Other Alarming Things, talks to us about the challenges of the sexy memoir, privacy, style, and poses the question of whether or not Axl Rose counts as a…
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The Rumpus Interview with John Dufresne
John Dufresne writes his characters so well, renders them in such a vivid, three-dimensional way, because of [his] genuine affection for people. He is fascinated by human beings—who we are, what we do, and why…
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The Rumpus Interview with Literary Disco
Julia Pistell, Rider Strong, and Tod Goldberg—writers and the hosts of the podcast Literary Disco—talk with us about the show’s origin story, book criticism in the age of social media, and their upcoming live podcast.
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The Rumpus Interview with Frank Bill
Perhaps because he’s so entrenched in it, Frank Bill is a master of conveying life in rural, blue-collar Middle America without pandering to or stereotyping his subjects.
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The Rumpus Interview with Justin St. Germain
When Justin was twenty, his mother was murdered by her fifth husband in their trailer, off the grid from Tombstone, Arizona. He spent the next decade trying not to be defined by his mother’s death, before deciding to face his…