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Playing House: A Conversation with Megan Culhane Galbraith

  • Jacqueline Alnes
  • May 21, 2021
Megan Culhane Galbraith discusses her debut book, THE GUILD OF THE INFANT SAVIOUR.
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Finding Home in a Cult’s Aftermath: Talking with Ronit Plank

  • Jennifer Fliss
  • May 12, 2021
Ronit Plank discusses her new memoir, WHEN SHE COMES BACK.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Morowa Yejidé

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • March 24, 2021
Morowa Yejidé discusses her new novel, CREATURES OF PASSAGE.
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We Can Be Both Torn and Whole: Talking with Jeannine Ouellette

  • Megan Vered
  • March 24, 2021
Jeannine Ouelette discusses her debut memoir, THE PART THAT BURNS.
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Belonging Is Everything: Talking with Georgina Lawton

  • Donna Hemans
  • March 1, 2021
Georgina Lawton discusses her debut memoir, RACELESS.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess

  • Laura Evers
  • February 25, 2021
“The difference with memorializing my story is that I have invited others to live it, for a moment.”
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Voices on Addiction: Thief in the Night

  • Heather Stokes
  • February 16, 2021
Addiction steals your integrity. Your freedom, too.
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Sleeping with Myself

  • Eve Ettinger
  • February 2, 2021
I exist in a field of landmines, never quite sure when one will go off or why.
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Voices on Addiction: Memories of My Daddy and Me(th)

  • Elara Elizabeth Cáceres
  • January 25, 2021
For years, decades even, my father tried to escape meth’s hold.
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Voices on Addiction: Heroin/e

  • Starr Davis
  • January 6, 2021
She introduced me to the ugly of religion and to the beauty of the world.
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Making It Through: A Conversation with Kelly J. Baker

  • Sarah Boon
  • December 30, 2020
Kelly J. Baker discusses her new essay collection, FINAL GIRL.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • December 23, 2020
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore discusses her new book, THE FREEZER DOOR.
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