What We Eventually Forget: Bernadette Mayer’s Memory
I surprised myself by reading Memory in an afternoon.
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I Had to Go There: Talking with Enzo Silon Surin
Enzo Silon Surin discusses his debut poetry collection, WHEN MY BODY WAS A CLINCHED FIST.
Rumpus Exclusive: “Kirabo Visits the Witch”
The moment presented itself at dusk the following day.
Against Respectability: A Conversation with Raven Leilani
Raven Leilani discusses her debut novel, LUSTER.
What to Read When You Suspect That Time Is Not a Line
Jen Fawkes shares a reading list to celebrate MANNEQUIN AND WIFE.
Rites of Passage: Steven Toussaint’s Lay Studies
We are liturgical animals, Toussaint’s poems suggest, designed to satisfy some ultimate desire with worship.
Until Democracy Falls: Talking with Matthew Baker
Matthew Baker discusses his new story collection, WHY VISIT AMERICA.
Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal for At the Edge of the Haight
An exclusive look at the cover of the forthcoming novel, AT THE EDGE OF THE HAIGHT.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #228: Alden Jones
“You can make any topic enough in the telling.”
A Poetic Smorgasbord: A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt
Each sentence is calculated; each word explodes.
Queering the Southern Gothic: A Conversation with Genevieve Hudson
Genevieve Hudson discusses her debut novel, BOYS OF ALABAMA.
Rumpus Exclusive: The Intro to Best Debut Short Stories 2020
There is a kind of candor that feels exciting, current.