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Alejandro Zambra
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #204: Paulina Flores
“Working with words is a quest, not blind, but in the darkness.”
The Rumpus Interview with Emily Raboteau
Emily Raboteau discusses her essay, “Know Your Rights!” from the collection, The Fire This Time, what she loves about motherhood, and why it’s time for White America to get uncomfortable.
The Rumpus Interview With Alejandro Zambra
Alejandro Zambra discusses his latest book, Multiple Choice, inspired by the Chilean exam administered to students seeking college admission
The Rumpus Review of Multiple Choice by Alejandro Zambra
But the problem of making fiction is just one of the many problems a reborn country must figure out.
Short Revolution
Great novels also experiment and innovate, but a short story can make a never-before-seen formal leap and then peace out, before you’re even sure what’s happened. At Electric Literature, Rebecca…
Notable NYC: 9/26–10/2
Saturday 9/26: Justin Sayre talks with Tyler Coates about Husky. Powerhouse Arena, 6 p.m., free. Julie Carr, Renee Gladman, Miranda Mellis, and Laura Mullen read books from Solid Objects. A…
The Alternate Careers and Future Projects of Alejandro Zambra
[Soccer] games on the radio are absolutely like literature—the metaphors, the pacing, the need for an evolving style. You can’t always say the same thing. The role of the play-by-play…
All of the Above
Over at the New Yorker, Alejandro Zambra has a piece of post-fiction prose from his collection Facsímil; it’s a parody on the entire notion of education. Read Zambra’s thoughts on the piece,…
The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Colin Winnette
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Colin Winnette about his new novel Haints Stay, writing ambiguity, and playing against the expectations of genre.
Mis Documentos
Over at the New Yorker, James Wood chronicles Alejandro Zambra’s ascent in Latin American letters.