The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #231: Ruth O. Saxton
“While the past remains always present, old women exist in the present.”
Features & Reviews
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Girl Power: Quan Barry’s We Ride Upon Sticks
But this is We Ride Upon Sticks: someone’s perm falls out, someone becomes prom queen.
The Dead Speak to the Living: Talking with Francisco Aragón
Francisco Aragón discusses his new book, AFTER RUBÉN.
Deep Wells: A Conversation with Rebecca McClanahan
Rebecca McClanahan discusses her new memoir-in-essays, IN THE KEY OF NEW YORK CITY.
What to Read When You Want Story Collections about Working Lives
Jenny Bhatt shares a reading list to celebrate EACH OF US KILLERS.
Gospel That Kicks Up the Dust: Neck of the Woods by Amy Woolard
Tenderness lies between the sharp and the sweet.
A Little Bit Irreverent, a Little Bit Truthful: Talking with Megan Cummins
Megan Cummins discusses her debut story collection, IF THE BODY ALLOWS IT.
What Is (and Isn’t) Held in the Light: Diane Zinna’s The All-Night Sun
Trauma’s wing conceals and reveals.
Form Revealing Itself: A Conversation with Liz Prato
Liz Prato discusses her essay collection VOLCANOES, PALM TREES, AND PRIVILEGE.
Rumpus Exclusive: “Sacred Stories”
All anyone really wants is to be seen and heard, and yet we avoid seeing and hearing others every day.
Others Would Tell Me Nothing Is Mine: Talking with Barbara Jane Reyes
Barbara Jane Reyes discusses her new collection, LETTERS TO A YOUNG BROWN GIRL.