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What to Read When It’s Time for Sports

  • The Rumpus
  • September 22, 2017
Just a "heads up" (as they say in the sports world): this isn't your average sports list.
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“The Book I Said I Would Never Write”: Talking with Karolina Ramqvist

  • Mickie Meinhardt
  • September 22, 2017
Karolina Ramqvist discusses The White City, her first novel to be translated to English, and the idea of a writer's persona out in the world versus a just being a writer, writing.
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Basura

  • Emily Withnall
  • September 21, 2017
[T]erms like "white trash" and basura most accurately reveal those who are doing the defining. Consider what we throw away, and why. Look at what we throw away. Think about the reasons why.
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I Will Not Die for You

  • Kristine Langley Mahler
  • September 20, 2017
Each bug in the water is one less bug on my fruit, I tell myself, ignoring the truth: under the soil, another is born.
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VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Faith Adiele

  • Deesha Philyaw
  • September 20, 2017
Faith Adiele discusses what it means to be a good literary citizen, the importance of decolonizing travel writing, and how she wants to change the way Black stories are being told.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Gabrielle Calvocoressi

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • September 19, 2017
Gabrielle Calvocoressi discusses her new collection Rocket Fantastic, the fluid nature of gender, and the reader as collaborator with the text.
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FUNNY WOMEN #156: Fall Activities Adjusted for Global Warming

  • Jane Garfinkel
  • September 19, 2017
Due to rising sea levels, most orchards have been flooded. Instead of apple picking, grab a canoe large enough for the whole family and climb aboard.
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Horses and Dyslexia

  • Gretchen Lida
  • September 18, 2017
I often feel as if there is something just beyond my reach, as if I had another set of eyes, and if I could only open them I could see all the things I needed to see.
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An Eerie Prescience: Talking with Joyce Carol Oates

  • Danielle Susi
  • September 18, 2017
Author Joyce Carol Oates discusses how the political climate affected the writing of her latest novel, A Book of American Martyrs, how she uses Twitter, and why predictions are a waste of time.
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What to Read When You’re Thinking about Florida

  • The Rumpus
  • September 15, 2017
In celebration of our Floridian friends and family, we've compiled a list of great books that take place in, engage with, or otherwise visit the "Sunshine state."
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An Erasure of Distance: Traveling in Circles with Nathan Englander

  • Ryan Krull
  • September 15, 2017
Nathan Englander talks about his new novel, Dinner at the Center of the Earth, the experience of being interviewed, and why he believes books can save lives.
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If You Are Abandoned

  • Steph Auteri
  • September 14, 2017
My uncle and I had shared many silences together and, in those silences, I felt as if we knew each other.
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