In and of the Wreck: Together in a Sudden Strangeness
In its imagery and mood, the collection feels distinctly April.
...moreIn its imagery and mood, the collection feels distinctly April.
...moreAhmed Naji discusses his new memoir, ROTTEN EVIDENCE.
...moreWe have to lead with our imagination, not with preconceived limitations.
...moreVivian Gibson discusses her debut memoir, THE LAST CHILDREN OF MILL CREEK.
...moreRumpus editors share their thoughts, fears, and concerns around the impending election.
...moreA democratic art, the poet says, will take us through. Come November, vote.
...moreKapka Kassabova discusses her latest book, TO THE LAKE.
...moreBilly-Ray Belcourt discusses his new book, A HISTORY OF MY BRIEF BODY.
...moreWe left because they never gave us back our bodies.
...moreIndie bookstore news from across the country and around the world!
...moreFear is real. Pain is real. Loss is real. Suffering is real.
...moreWe will not let this continue
...moreKaren Finley discusses her most recent book, GRABBING PUSSY.
...moreThe violence inflicted by black parents onto their children was born out of both love and a deep, abiding fear for that child’s ability to survive the American caste system that devalues black life.
...more[T]his is a book about the ways in which even our most intimate relationships can slip beyond our control, fracturing along barely perceptible fault lines.
...moreMy voice begins to crack so I clear my throat. I look at each one of the girls one by one. The heat in me rises. My skin feels like the Texas pavement in July.
...moreJoshua Clover discusses his book Riot.Strike.Riot, mediating between individual agency and structural determination, and finding hope in student action.
...moreOne person’s freedom to do anything they want can mean the absolute negation of another’s freedom.
...moreFaith Adiele discusses what it means to be a good literary citizen, the importance of decolonizing travel writing, and how she wants to change the way Black stories are being told.
...moreCapturing the Delta in harrowing detail, Ward takes readers on a journey from her own home of the Gulf Coast to the Mississippi State Penitentiary.
...moreStill, something tells me God’s chosen // weren’t hate-mongering gropers (or worse). Just a hunch. A woman’s / intuition.
...moreNikki Wallschlaeger discusses her new collection Crawlspace, why she chose to work with the sonnet form, and how segregation in American never ended.
...moreAs a longtime fan, it pains me to say it, but Sarandon is everything that’s wrong with mainstream, non-intersectional white feminism.
...moreMychal Denzel Smith discusses his debut nonfiction book Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, how the activist space has changed in recent years, and who he is writing for.
...moreJeff Chang discusses his latest book, We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation, his work in hip-hip journalism, and the beauty and humanity of political protest.
...moreAngie Thomas discusses her debut novel, The Hate U Give, landing an agent on Twitter, and why she trusts teenagers more than the publishing industry.
...moreSusan Briante discusses The Market Wonders, her newest collection of poetry in which she draws on market indicators like the Dow Jones Industrial Average to construct a criticism of contemporary culture.
...more[A protest’s] job is to hearten the people who’re part of it, to let them look into the eyes of those who agree with them, to help them feel less alone.
...moreIn the end, although I wanted you to be more like Charles Bronson or Malcolm or Luke Cage, I am very proud to have witnessed your historic presidency—the successes, and even the disappointments.
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