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American Mothers are Screaming: A conversation with Jessica Grose

I think people want more unstressed time with their kids. I think so much of the time we are spending with our kids we are exhausted, and we have all this other stuff on our minds that’s mentally draining, physically draining. But the answer is not always more childcare.

The Art of Attention: Jill Christman’s If This Were Fiction: A Love Story in Essays

“If you really want to look at someone, then your only option is to look at yourself, squarely and deeply.”

Boys and Oil: Taylor Brorby on Making Space for Queer Stories on the Great Plains

I developed two books. One I called “The Gay Book,” and one I called “The North Dakota Book.” Well, those are the same book, as you can imagine.

Threats of Violence: Discussing Pain, Form, and Cinema du Corps with Author Stephanie LaCava

There is a hyper self-awareness in all my work that acknowledges—teases itself, maybe—what it is addressing and from what entry point. I once modeled in a campaign for socks I designed for a skate label and on the box there was a small excerpt from one of my books.

When Writing about Pain is Political: In Sensorium by Tanaïs

In In Sensorium . . . Tanaïs inhabits their pain fully and seeks new ways to describe and transcend it through scent, rather than just words.

Embracing the Half-Wild Creature: A Conversation with Sara Moore Wagner

That giant “unknown” that we’re hurtling towards is so vast. One day we’ll be torn apart by it.

Revising Time: Nonlinear Memory in Brian Tierney’s Rise and Float

I’m getting too close to the poems, but Tierney’s collection demands a closeness.

I want their view of the world altered for the better: A conversation with Zein El-Amine

I believe that we wield whimsy to gain the malleability to adjust to the harshness of the human condition, and this is especially true when you live in war torn countries.

Indiana Anomie: Budi Darma’s People from Bloomington

a portrait of the American tendency to keep the suffering of others at arm’s length as if misfortune were contagious, or to ruthlessly eliminate it entirely

I’m a Firm Believer in Timing: An Interview with Rubén Degollado

For me, it is actually harder to write a book that is grounded in realism, as that is not how I see the world or how my family sees the world.

Finding Conviction in Chaos: Talking with Prince Shakur

When we act and what language we use to defend ourselves matters; on a craft level, this is useful to know because this very logic reveals character. What do you care about? And how does that show up in your life?

The Rumpus Book Club Chat with C. Russell Price

The Rumpus Book Club chats with C. Russell Price about his poetry collection Oh You Thought This Was a Date?! (Triquarterly Books, June 2022), playlists, and the ongoing end- of-the-world.

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