The Rumpus Interview with Craig Zobel
Filmmaker Craig Zobel talks about the ramifications of influence, treading moral boundaries, and why we need to have more conversations about exploitation.
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The Rumpus Interview with a Ginza Hostess
Mayumi, a hostess in the Ginza district of Japan, lends an intimate perspective of the country's notorious Water Trade.
The Rumpus Interview with Jamel Shabazz
For over thirty-five years, Jamel Shabazz has photographed the pulse of New York urban life. Dating back to the early days of hip-hop and B-boys, to the arrival of crack cocaine…
The Rumpus Interview with Nataly Kelly
Writer, translator, and interpreter Nataly Kelly talks about the difficulties of translating across cultures, the emotional barriers that interpreters face, and what it really means to be fluent.
The Rumpus Interview with Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben does not exactly look like the kind of stentorian figure you’d expect to be leading one of the most important grassroots movements in the history of civilization
The Rumpus Interview with Boots Riley of The Coup
Since returning from a brief hiatus in the mid-1990s, Oakland’s The Coup has flirted with perfection on three albums: 1998’s Steal This Album, 2001’s Party Music, and 2006’s Pick a…
The Rumpus Interview with Molly Ringwald
Molly Ringwald, once a Brat Pack member and now a novelist, chats about the writing life, avoiding clichéd similes, and the influence of Raymond Carver on her process.
The Rumpus Interview With M. Bartley Seigel
M. Bartley Seigel has a presence that fills a room. It is no surprise, then, that the prose poems in his debut collection, This Is What They Say, fill the…
The Rumpus Interview with Thaisa Frank
The place was called the Library Bar, but there weren't many books and there were no drinks at that hour. So we had to sit there bookless and drinkless. It was awkward in a fabulous way. The whole thing felt like a Thaisa Frank story—the event seemed to float above reality as we talked about things like the insanity of writing a book...
The Rumpus Interview with Russ Kick
Russ Kick, editor of The Graphic Canon and certified information hoarder, gives the lowdown on combining classic literature with comics, cruising for dates with Lord Byron, and masturbating fetuses.
The Rumpus Interview with Kitzia Esteva
A champion for immigrant rights, Kitzia Esteva talks about the fear and empowerment she embraced while on the UndocuBus, her work as a community organizer, and what Obama’s immigration policies mean to her.
The Rumpus Interview with Jon Ronson
A "non-stop, fascinatingly meandering, frequently interrupting, talking-over-each-other, freewheeling kind of conversation" with bestselling author Jon Ronson.