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We’re All Difficult Women Now: Talking with Avni Doshi

  • Naheed Patel
  • December 21, 2020
Avni Doshi discusses her debut novel, BURNT SUGAR.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “A Kind of Fairy Tale”

  • Kelly J. Baker
  • October 26, 2020
Happiness never seemed to linger. She often wondered why.
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Any Moment Is a Door: Nadia Colburn’s The High Shelf

  • Kasey Jueds
  • October 23, 2020
Again, the red door stands open, allowing the world to enter.
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Survival Soup

  • Andy Mingo
  • October 1, 2020
You could say that I have trained for this pandemic all my life.
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I Had to Go There: Talking with Enzo Silon Surin

  • Frances Donovan
  • August 19, 2020
Enzo Silon Surin discusses his debut poetry collection, WHEN MY BODY WAS A CLINCHED FIST.
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Living Memory Keepers: Talking with Alicia Elliott

  • Donna Hemans
  • August 10, 2020
Alicia Elliott discusses her essay collection, A MIND SPREAD OUT ON THE GROUND.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Thea Matthews

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • July 28, 2020
Thea Matthews discusses her debut poetry collection, UNEARTH [THE FLOWERS].
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #227: Karen Salyer McElmurray

  • Chris Moore
  • July 23, 2020
“You’re solving this mystery, you’re taking this journey, but that’s only an opening to another journey.”
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Mothers and Daughters: Girl by Veronica Golos

  • Devon Balwit
  • July 17, 2020
Bodies become something to escape from or leave behind.
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Too Earnest for Twitter: A Conversation with Cameron Esposito

  • Molly Sprayregen
  • July 7, 2020
Cameron Esposito discusses her new memoir, SAVE YOURSELF.
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My Father’s Guide to Field Dressing an Elk

  • Janna Coleman
  • July 1, 2020
Around here, we don’t waste meat, and we don’t waste life.
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Losing the World

  • Amanda Montei
  • June 16, 2020
When we begin life, language is play.
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