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The Rumpus Interview with Melissa Yancy

  • Ann K. Ryles
  • February 3, 2017
Melissa Yancy discusses her debut story collection Dog Years, using her day job for inspiration, and being “an old curmudgeon at heart.”
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Everything We Ever Needed

  • Meghan O'Dea
  • January 21, 2017
I tried to forget again that I once meant to leave, that on a few occasions I had actually felt transported by love.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Chris Santiago

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • January 10, 2017
Chris Santigo on his new collection Tula, writing a multilingual text, and the connections between music and writing poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Micah Perks

  • Molly Antopol
  • January 9, 2017
Micah Perks talks about her new novel, What Becomes Us, America’s cultural and mythical heritage, and why every novel is a political novel.
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The Rumpus Interview with Patrick Ryan

  • Judy Chicurel
  • December 30, 2016
Patrick Ryan discusses his new collection The Dream Life of Astronauts, the “bad old days,” and the human need to believe that everything will turn out okay in the end (even when we know it won’t).
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This Week in Trumplandia

  • Buffy Flores
  • December 15, 2016
Welcome to This Week in Trumplandia. Check in with us every Thursday for a weekly roundup of the most pertinent and relevant content on our country, which is currently spiraling…
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This Week in Indie Bookstores

  • Ian MacAllen
  • December 13, 2016
Although Brooklyn stalwart BookCourt is sadly set to close at the end of the year, Modern Lovers author and former BookCourt employee Emma Straub plans to open a new shop in the…
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This Week in Trumplandia

  • Buffy Flores
  • December 1, 2016
Welcome to This Week in Trumplandia, a new Rumpus column in which I, your passionate, sometimes angry, mostly emotional, Aries/Taurus cusp host, will highlight PEOTUS-related news that you need to know.…
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Red Whole

  • Casandra López
  • November 26, 2016
I’ve become an abridged version of myself—made half-done and meager. Made hungry for answers.
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United We Stand

  • The Rumpus
  • November 15, 2016
No one knows exactly what the next four years will bring. But we are always stronger when we protest together.
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America Again

  • Lara Downes
  • October 20, 2016
I felt urgently that it was the moment to tell the story of what I’ve learned about American music—or maybe about being an American.
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The Rumpus Interview with Brit Bennett

  • Abigail Bereola
  • October 17, 2016
Brit Bennett discusses her debut novel The Mothers, investigating “what-if” moments, and navigating racism in white spaces.
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