Gods Arrive Where We Pay Attention: A Conversation with Avni Vyas
Avni Vyas discusses her debut poetry collection, LITTLE GOD.
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The Song and the Silence: Talking with Shin Yu Pai
Shin Yu Pai discusses her new book, ENSŌ.
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Possibility Is Spellbinding: The Lightness by Emily Temple
In short, lightness is the capacity to leave without regret.
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Any Moment Is a Door: Nadia Colburn’s The High Shelf
Again, the red door stands open, allowing the world to enter.
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Voices on Addiction: Letting It Suck
The thing we most had in common was that none of us wanted to be there.
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Everyone You Meet Is God in Drag
If the art of drag has taught me one thing, it’s that I am not unique.
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Voices on Addiction: Katie Calls
I want to respond from my heart—not my anger, my judgment, my desire.
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Karmic Moments: A Conversation with Christina Chiu
Christina Chiu discusses her forthcoming novel, BEAUTY.
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Parallel Planes: The Ghosts of Mothers and Daughters
I need to hear myself say it out loud to make it real.
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Scripture and Ebony: A Love Story
At some point, I would have to break my silence.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #145: Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint
“Categories are, by definition, externally created and applied.”
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The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #15: Contemplation + Politics
Thomas Merton, the most prominent Catholic monk of the 20th century, famously left the world to live a cloistered life at the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemini in rural Kentucky, taking vows and becoming Father Louis. As many will recall, he described his journey to the cloister in one of the century’s masterpieces of memoir, The […]
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The Sunday Rumpus Essay: There Are No Good Muslims
I say I am Catholic because it is easier than telling the truth.
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(K)ink: Writing While Deviant: Jera Brown
I wanted to uncover the nest of wires comprising my gender identity and describe its complicated mass.
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On Playing Games, Productivity, and Right Livelihood
One week last spring I said it out loud for the first time: “Sometimes I play so long, my fingers go numb.”
...moreThe Accidental Buddhist
“When writing a book once about the Dalai Lama, I was startled to realize that the very core of one of his lessons was expressed for me by none other than the pampered-sounding Frenchman, who notes, at the very beginning of his final volume, as if to put things in perspective, “For in this world […]
...moreThe Art of Nonviolence, Links by Ari Messer
Is it possible to resuscitate and reinvigorate the nonviolent resistance movements of the 20th century? It’s all about the row boat of life. Some peace boats (video) have a duty free shop and a Japanese club soundtrack. Involved with the Peace Boat US, the Global Campaign for Peace Education focuses on teachers and learners. Bernard […]
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