Interviews
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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…
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The Rumpus Interview with Joseph Olshan
Joseph Olshan, whose novel Clara’s Heart was reissued last month for its 20th anniversary, discusses impossible relationships, the power of the erotic in fiction, and making your way down the dark and foggy highway of novel writing.
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The Rumpus Interview with Rachel Kushner
Rachel Kushner’s The Flamethrowers is full of energy. It is about people carving out their own worldviews into the established façade of the world. The artists in New York and the protesters in Italy are moving toward something different—something, if…
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The Rumpus Interview with James Vance
We talk to James Vance about the Great Depression, creeping pessimism, and the challenges of exploring these subjects in comics form in his new graphic novel On the Ropes.
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The Rumpus Interview with Thao Nguyen
“I wanted to try to be a real live person, rather than just singing songs about them,” singer-songwriter Thao Nguyen said about the turn her life took after releasing Know Better Learn Faster, her second album with backing band The…
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The Rumpus Interview with Curtis Sittenfeld
Reading Curtis Sittenfeld’s carefully-observed novels, we get the impression that family is the most common form of natural disaster.