Writer Ben Marcus discusses his latest short story collection, metaphorical writing, language as a communication block, and the sometimes dysfunctional nature of workshops.
Suzanne Koven sits down with the New Yorker's Rebecca Mead to discuss My Life in Middlemarch, the way a single great book can illuminate our lives over decades, and how our reading of that book changes as we grow older.
Amy Grace Loyd discusses her new book, her career as an editor (including her stint as the Literary Editor of Playboy), the state of publishing in the digital era, and the different hats one must wear when juggling the tasks of both writing and editing.
Writer and Rumpus columnist Jerry Stahl sits down for a candid chat about memoir, novels, shame, parenthood, being pigeonholed, and managing "the neat trick of being an outsider in all genres."