The Rumpus Interview with Colum McCann
Novelist Colum McCann sits down and talks about his latest book, the musicality of voice, weaving the fictional with the historical, and the importance of failure.
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The Rumpus Interview with Jason Polan, Part II
Artist Jason Polan talks about drawing in dreams and on wet windows, black-and-white rainbows, and the largest thing he's ever made.
The Rumpus Interview with Michael Helm
One of the key themes of Helm’s novels is whether or not imagination can help humanity deal with a troubled past. Can the stories we tell about each other...help us reach some sort of peace?
The Rumpus Interview with Dawn Oberg
Dawn Oberg’s writing covers a range simultaneously comedic and biting, sad and sardonic. Her music finds a new way to twist the knife in, or maybe deliver an earnest compliment,…
The Rumpus Interview with Jason Polan, Part I
An illustrated look at the life and times of Jason Polan, the artist behind Michelle Tea's newest book, Mermaid in Chelsea Creek.
Johns, Marks, Tricks and Chickenhawks: The Rumpus Interview with Sam Benjamin
Porn was always stronger than me, and it still is.
The Rumpus Interview with Susan Wright
Susan Wright, activist, writer, and founder of the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom, sits down to discuss the recent Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders updates, and what they mean for the kink community.
The Rumpus Interview with Julianna Barwick
With her haunting voice looped in a wordless glossolalia over pianos, keyboards, and other instruments, Julianna Barwick makes music like no other artist working today.
The Rumpus Interview with Jon Mooallem
Jon Mooallem, author of Wild Ones, sits down to discuss human attitudes towards animals, copulation hats, chasing Martha Stewart across the tundra, and the historical relationship between Thomas Jefferson and mammoths.
Johns, Marks, Tricks and Chickenhawks: The Rumpus Interview with Annie M. Sprinkle
Being a whore was great preparation for being an artist.
The Rumpus Interview with Sandra Bernhard
In an exclusive interview, The Rumpus sits down with the very funny, very feminist Sandra Bernhard to talk about comedy, mothers, life on the road, and, of course, San Francisco, where she'll be performing this week.
The Rumpus Interview with Maria Konnikova
Writer Maria Konnikova explores the mechanisms behind how a sharp mind works, through an investigation of one of literature's premier duos—Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick, Watson.