Making Space at the Center: Talking with Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Kali Fajardo-Anstine discusses her debut story collection, SABRINA & CORINA.
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What to Read When You’re Writing Your Truth
Tracy Strauss shares a reading list to celebrate her debut book, I JUST HAVEN’T MET YOU YET.
A Strange Liminal Space: George Abraham’s The Specimen’s Apology
Each formal experiment is a temporary hole into a new world that opens, then collapses, behind the reader.
Little Containers for Safekeeping: A Conversation with Rick Barot
Poet Rick Barot discusses his existing body of work and the forthcoming collection THE GALLEONS.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #174: Melissa Rivero
“[W]e don’t see the complexity of the individual experience.”
Being in the Room: Talking with Kendra Allen
Kendra Allen discusses her debut essay collection, WHEN YOU LEARN THE ALPHABET.
Talking Haram Auntie Poetics: A Conversation with Fatimah Asghar
Fatimah Asghar discusses the new anthology she co-edited, HALAL IF YOU HEAR ME.
What to Read When You Need Lady Power in Numbers
Erin Wood shares a reading list to celebrate WOMEN MAKE ARKANSAS: CONVERSATIONS WITH 50 CREATIVES.
A Gentle Reckoning: Blas Falconer’s Forgive the Body This Failure
If there is distance in this collection, it originates with our own discomfort with its subject matter.
That’s My Story, Too: Talking with Malaka Gharib
Malaka Gharib discusses her graphic memoir, I WAS THEIR AMERICAN DREAM.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #173: Hanif Abdurraqib
“I mostly hope that upon putting down this book, a reader crafts their own love letter to someone living.”
Putting Pen to Paper: A Conversation with Dorianne Laux
Dorianne Laux discusses her newly released collection, ONLY AS THE DAY IS LONG.