Part Skeptic, Part Believer: A Conversation with Cai Emmons
Cai Emmons discusses her forthcoming novel, WEATHER WOMAN.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #150: Catherine Lacey
“Honestly, I couldn’t write a non-transgressive woman if I tried.”
The Queer Syllabus: Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
Twenty Years of Miseducation: Joan Morgan’s She Begat This
Morgan has a lot of gaps to fill—and a lot of traps to potentially fall into.
Writing Back to History: A Conversation with Kiese Laymon
Kiese Laymon discusses his new memoir, HEAVY.
Figuring It Out: A Conversation with Rosellen Brown
Rosellen Brown discusses her new novel, THE LAKE ON FIRE.
Little What to Read When
A new monthly illustrated What to Read When for the young readers in our lives!
Making a Nest within a Book: Kevin McLellan’s Ornitheology
In my reading, Ornitheology turns out to be a book of psalms.
All Tied Up and Slipping Away: Talking with Micah Perks
Micah Perks discusses TRUE LOVE AND OTHER MIRACULOUS ESCAPES.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #149: Susan Orlean
“I believe a writer should know a lot more than what she puts on the page.”
The Queer Syllabus: House Rules by Heather Lewis
In The Queer Syllabus, writers nominate works for a new canon of queer literature.
My Nebraska is Only One Nebraska: Erica Trabold’s Five Plots
Five Plots wades into the enigmatic relationships between family and memory, where truth is seemingly as placid as the Platte River but re-examination causes a re-route.