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California

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Father Time Is Undefeated

  • Chris Ames
  • February 25, 2020
It’s a strange thing, seeing a reliable machine fail. Seeing a hero crash to earth.
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Deleting Your Photos in a Poppy Field

  • Christopher Soto
  • February 5, 2020
It took all of the world’s beauty for me step forward, once more.
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Poetics of Lineage

  • Sophia Terazawa
  • February 4, 2020
I see the birds. I feel my body, splitting from its spirit, lying in the grass.
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Stay Free: Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

  • Sean Carswell
  • January 22, 2020
Cha constructs a Los Angeles sharply different from most representations of the city.
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Sentence by Sentence: Talking with Nicholas Mancusi

  • Ian MacAllen
  • January 3, 2020
Nick Mancusi discusses his debut novel, A PHILOSOPHY OF RUIN.
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Butcher Knives at the Ready

  • L.
  • December 10, 2019
For many years, I tried to civilize myself.
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Skin

  • Jessica Rae Bergamino
  • December 9, 2019
I am cooking myself back in to my family, back into my own skin.
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Just Do Something: Talking with Sam Farahmand

  • Luke Wiget
  • November 29, 2019
Sam Farahmand discusses his debut novel, CHIMERO.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Journalists Invade Former Soviet Union”

  • Katya Cengel
  • September 30, 2019
The missionaries seemed concerned. I figured it was too late for that.
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Anger as Fuel: A Conversation with Dani Burlison

  • Janet Frishberg
  • September 11, 2019
Dani Burlison discusses ALL OF ME: STORIES OF LOVE, ANGER, AND THE FEMALE BODY.
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The Sacred Act of Art-Making: A Conversation with Patrick Coleman

  • Rachel Lyon
  • August 23, 2019
Patrick Coleman discusses his debut novel, THE CHURCHGOER.
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Monarchs, Motherhood, and Transformation

  • Miya Saika Chen
  • June 11, 2019
These butterflies needed help, and I wanted to deliver them my garden.
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