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Less Brilliant but More Profound: Denis Johnson’s The Largesse of the Sea Maiden

[I]n Johnson’s whole protean oeuvre, more than any pair of books, Jesus’ Son and The Largesse of the Sea Maiden are like binary stars, locked in orbit, distinct but inseparable, each throwing its light upon the other.

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Setting aside Time for Magic: Talking with Myriam Gurba

Myriam Gurba discusses her new memoir, MEAN, her writing process, and why she has hope for patriarchy's dissolution.

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Rumpus Exclusive: An Excerpt from Lucy Hughes-Hallet’s Peculiar Ground

Off what did Humpty Dumpty fall?

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A Need for a Home: Lucy Hughes-Hallett Discusses Peculiar Ground

Lucy Hughes-Hallett discusses her debut novel, Peculiar Ground, out today from HarperCollins.

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What to Read When You Want a Fresh Start

In keeping with the spirit of the New Year holiday, we've put together a list of books that deal with new beginnings—and the unexpected twists and turns that come after.

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The Way That Poetry Works: Holdfast by Christian Anton Gerard

In his searing, soulful second collection, Gerard uses the language that is poetry to invite the reader in to the experience of his darkest and brightest moments.

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We Have to Trust Our Punch: A Conversation with Kevin Young

Kevin Young discusses Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News, America's relationship to hoaxes, and what we can learn from that relationship.

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At the Mercy of the Mob: Theodore Wheeler’s Kings of Broken Things

[J]ust as bad nonfiction can be written to tell a lie, good fiction can be written to tell the truth.

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Writing into the Void: Talking with Mary Jo Salter

Mary Jo Salter discusses her latest collection, The Surveyors, writing about the domestic as a feminist act, and how her title poem came from someone else’s dream.

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Rumpus Exclusive: Three Excerpts from AFTERWORDS

Three exclusive excerpts from …AFTERWORDS, a new series of distinctive commentaries on great works of contemporary literature from our friends at Fiction Advocate!

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Writing History

I was pretty sure I could produce a manuscript superior to anything [this editor had] ever published before by letting my cat walk over my keyboard a few times.

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The Causality Runs Both Ways: A Conversation with Joshua Clover

Joshua Clover discusses his book Riot.Strike.Riot, mediating between individual agency and structural determination, and finding hope in student action.

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