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  • Marissa Korbel
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The Thread: Ways of Being Seen

  • Marissa Korbel
  • December 12, 2017
Can you see it now? Is the image different in your mind yet? A thing you can’t unsee.
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  • Deesha Philyaw
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VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Lola StVil

  • Deesha Philyaw
  • November 15, 2017
Lola StVil discusses her latest novel, Girls Like Me, how her characters demand to be written, what her family thinks of her writing career, and why representation is essential.
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Analyzing the Why: A Conversation with Jonathan Reiss

  • Sarah Bridgins
  • August 28, 2017
Jonathan Reiss discusses his debut novel Getting Off, his transition from actor to writer, his own past drug use, and our country's current opioid epidemic.
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An Actress Recommends Five Classic Films to Her Child

  • Leslie Kendall Dye
  • May 5, 2016
Surprise is only one of many aspects of human behavior. There are dozens. Maybe even a hundred.
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A Japanese Heart

  • Sho Araiba
  • April 29, 2016
If you follow the script, people will judge you as having a genuine Japanese heart.
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The Rumpus Interview with Amy Sohn

  • Alizah Salario
  • March 23, 2016
At the end of the day, all we have to hold onto, really, is other people’s stories. And that’s how Alizah Solario's series “Writers on Wheels Getting Tea” was born. The first interview features author Amy Sohn.
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Chapman Commencement Speech (Shed That Skin)

  • Amber Tamblyn
  • June 6, 2014
When you want to turn your world upside down and see what falls out of it, shed that skin.
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The Rumpus Interview with Enver Gjokaj

  • Ted Wilson
  • May 15, 2014
With an identical twin brother, a name that looks like a poorly constructed anagram, and an amazing talent for embodying different personas, there are a lot of reasons to believe Enver Gjokaj is not a real person.
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The Rumpus Interview with Daniel Alarcón

  • Catherine Brady
  • January 20, 2014
Daniel Alarcón talks about his latest novel, At Night We Walk in Circles, drawing inspiration from Bolaño and Chekhov, the writer's place of privilege, and the questions that arise from an imagined life that easily could have been.
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Gonville

  • Mike Scalise
  • June 15, 2010
An actor’s memoir of growing up with a dangerous father channels Augusten Burroughs, Sean Wilsey, et. al.—maybe a bit too closely.
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