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Read Features & Reviews Politics Rumpus Original Nothing Foreign about It: Talking with Omar El Akkad Tochi OnyebuchiOctober 11, 2017 Omar El Akkad discusses his debut novel American War, suicide terrorism, fossil fuels, and blankets.Read
Read Features & Reviews Reviews There Is No Answer: Draw Your Weapons by Sarah Sentilles Bradley BabendirJuly 20, 2017 As Sentilles makes clear, she is against the wars the United States is currently involved in, and war in general, but she’s critical of what that means.Read
Read Poetry Politics Rumpus Original David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: 21 Poems That Shaped America (Pt. 13): “Letter to Simic from Boulder” David BiespielMay 23, 2017 "Wherever you are on earth, you are safe,” writes Richard Hugo. Really?Read
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