Mini-Interviews
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #16: Elissa Nelson in Conversation with Margaret Nelson Brinkhaus
Elissa Nelson interviewed her mother, Margaret Nelson Brinkhaus, who has been a freelance journalist since before Elissa was born, working for a variety of magazines and newspapers including People, Newsweek, and USA Today.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #15: Ru Freeman in Conversation with Lorraine Adams
Lorraine Adams is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and critic whose work centers on the encounter between the American enterprise and those caught in violent conflict in the Islamic world. Her most recent novel is The Room and the Chair.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #14: Nicholas Rombes in Conversation with Jeska Dzwigalski
This interview with Jessica (Jeska) Dzwigalski was conducted at 11:00am PST via GMail chat on June 19.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #13: Robert Tumas in Conversation with Brian
In Rochester, New York, my best friend Brian returns from a mission to fix an errant Xerox brand copier, the company that employs him as a technician. I sit in the offices of the L Magazine in DUMBO, as an…
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #12: Joen Madonna in Conversation with Cherry Crawley (Her Dead Mother)
This is an interview with my mom. I was hyper-critical of her when she was alive and never gave her enough credit. She was an only child, raised in DC by older over-bearing parents. She married the first man she…
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #11: Asha Galindo in Conversation with Josh Madden
I used this project as an opportunity to send some questions to one of my favorite people, Josh Madden. Josh lives in New York City and besides DJing, styling, writing, and hosting a weekly Internet radio show, he’s a positive,…
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #10: Hannah Miet in Conversation with Her Brother, Gabe
Hannah Miet: So we’ve never spoken directly about the fact that you were recently dual diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome and Schizoaffective Disorder. I’ve been wanting to know how you feel about that. What do those things mean to you?
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #9: Anthony Aceti in Conversation with Dan Wang (and Vice Versa)
My friend and I interviewed each other. We’re students and have never done anything special. We like to talk, though.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #8: Sarah Legg in Conversation with Bruce Legg
This is an interview with Bruce, fifty-nine years old, a former shipping department employee, and general music enthusiast. Bruce is usually quiet, but always up to talk about his first love. He is also my dad.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #7: Nicholas Rombes in Conversation with Pete Schwartz
Pete Schwartz lives in Downington, Pennsylvania. He works for IKON Office Solutions. This interview was conducted via gmail chat at 2:00 EST on June 10.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #6: Royal Young in Conversation with Alexander Pridgen
I was sitting in a hospital chair by the mechanical bed of Muhammad Ali’s ex-bodyguard, Alexander Pridgen. After years of lavishing in limelight as well as dealing with the dark, violent flipside to fame, Pridgen was a patient at Rivington…
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #5: Jen Percy in Conversation with April Somdahl
On February 20, 2007, April Somdahl’s brother Sgt. Brian Rand shot himself near Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He had just returned from Iraq and was about to become a father. Nearly everyday while Brian was deployed, April spoke with him over…