From the Archives: Rumpus Original Fiction: Emergency Lifeboats: 24 (12 on Each Side)
“What’s a six-letter word for ignoring truth,” she might say, without looking up from the puzzle.
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The Benefit of Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Talking with Joshua Henkin
Joshua Henkin discusses his new novel, MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS.
Reading the Landscape of the Past: Jessica J. Lee’s Two Trees Make a Forest
Learning to read a landscape can reveal a deep history.
Spotlight: “My Grandmother’s Pancake Recipe”
My grandmother, Frankie L. Baker, was born 72 years before me.
The Hope of Time: Talking with Judith H. Montgomery
Judith H. Montgomery discusses her latest poetry collection, MERCY.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #231: Ruth O. Saxton
“While the past remains always present, old women exist in the present.”
What It Means to Be a Human: Talking with Maggie Downs
Maggie Downs discusses her debut memoir, BRAVER THAN YOU THINK.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #213: Elizabeth Kadetsky
“I like to engage with and argue with the research; this makes the work dynamic.”
At Home and Not at Home Everywhere: A Conversation with Xu Xi
Xu Xi discusses her new essay collection, THIS FISH IS FOWL.
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #178: Irene O’Garden
“Trust that if you want to write that much it will find a way out of you.”
VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Abeer Hoque
Abeer Hoque talks about coming of age in the predominantly white suburbs of Pittsburgh, rewriting her memoir manuscript ten times, and looking for poetry in prose.
