The Rumpus Book Club Chat with T Kira Madden
T Kira Madden discusses her debut memoir, LONG LIVE THE TRIBE OF FATHERLESS GIRLS.
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Posts Tagged: alexandria marzano-lesnevich
ENOUGH: Finding My Abuser on Facebook
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Notable NYC: 11/24–11/30
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Notable Los Angeles: 6/18–6/24
Literary events in and around L.A. this week!
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What to Read When Beach Weather Arrives
Rumpus editors suggest some of their favorite summertime reads!
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Notable Portland: 5/17–5/23
Literary events and readings in and around Portland this week!
...moreNotable San Francisco: 5/9–5/15
Literary events and readings in and around the Bay Area this week!
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The Logic of the Book: Talking with Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich discusses The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir, the importance of narrative structure, and the difference between facts and stories.
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Say Everything: The Fact of a Body by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
Truth is complicated, thorny, and often paradoxical. Marzano-Lesnevich advocates for a version of events that doesn’t attempt to simplify its subjects, that doesn’t reduce human life to weak metaphors.
...moreNotable NYC: 4/22–4/28
Saturday 4/22: Mara Helal and Jeremy Sigler join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 4/23: Donald Nicholson-Smith and Emma Ramadan present Abdellatif Laâbi’s In Praise of Defeat, translated from the French. Berl’s Poetry Shop, 5 p.m., free. Rosebud Ben-Oni, Ben Pease, Cooper Wilheim, Isabella Desendi, and Marina Weiss join the Dead Rabbits […]
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Towards a Fight
The future is coming, it is coming for everyone in this story. Someday that cop will turn on his TV and see the first black president, the first president who looks like he does, say that he thinks couples like me and Dee ought to be able to marry if we want to. Which probably means we ought to be able to kiss.
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