Read Features & Reviews Poetry Reviews A Multi-Modal Study of Exquisite Blackness: Krista Franklin’s Too Much Midnight Tatiana Johnson-BoriaSeptember 17, 2021 In Franklin’s telling, we are not just born, but fervent in our existence.Read
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Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Black Motherhood as Literary Creation: Talking with Kaitlyn Greenidge Liz ButtonApril 12, 2021 Kaitlyn Greenidge discusses her new novel, LIBERTIE.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original On Resilience, Tender Rituals, and Responsible Love: Talking with Kiese Laymon April Blevins PejicMarch 15, 2021 Kiese Laymon discusses the revised HOW TO SLOWLY KILL YOURSELF AND OTHERS IN AMERICA.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Belonging Is Everything: Talking with Georgina Lawton Donna HemansMarch 1, 2021 Georgina Lawton discusses her debut memoir, RACELESS.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Complicating Unhelpful Binaries: Talking with Deesha Philyaw Nia NorrisDecember 16, 2020 Deesha Philyaw discusses her debut story collection, THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.Read
Read Features & Reviews Poetry Rumpus Original Freedom Knows Who We Are: Talking with Kelly Harris-DeBerry Erica L. WilliamsDecember 7, 2020 Kelly Harris-DeBerry discusses her debut poetry collection, FREEDOM KNOWS MY NAME.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Stories without Veils: Talking with Athena Dixon Tonya AbariNovember 30, 2020 Athena Dixon discusses her debut memoir-in-essays, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN.Read
Read Features & Reviews Reviews Identity as a Hall of Mirrors: Descent by Lauren Russell Jesi BuellOctober 7, 2020 This book is a marriage of the real world and the imagination, the nexus of nonfiction and fiction.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Against Respectability: A Conversation with Raven Leilani Monet Patrice ThomasAugust 17, 2020 Raven Leilani discusses her debut novel, LUSTER.Read
Read Features & Reviews Rumpus Original Hybrid by Nature: A Conversation with Tara Campbell Hannah GriecoJuly 29, 2020 Tara Campbell discusses her new book, POLITICAL AF: A RAGE COLLECTION.Read
Read Rumpus Original Bald-headed Muthaf*cker Tahirah Alexander GreenMay 19, 2020 Healing is slow. Fast. Slow again.Read