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Telling the Story of Now: A Conversation with Valeria Luiselli

  • E.P. Floyd
  • February 15, 2019
Valeria Luiselli discusses her new novel, LOST CHILDREN ARCHIVE.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Lifers

  • David Aloi
  • January 9, 2019
We were beginning to exist on the periphery of our own lives.
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The Perfect Childhood

  • Pia Ghosh-Roy
  • August 30, 2018
Even when these questions are not articulated, they’re there.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Peter Mishler

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • June 26, 2018
Peter Mishler discusses his debut collection, Fludde, the effect of ritual on poems, and childhood psychology.
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Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Strawberry Field

  • Yoojin Grace Wuertz
  • June 22, 2018
To pick a strawberry, one must crouch.
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Promises

  • Whitney Lee
  • May 22, 2018
[A]fter Jonah died, I quit making promises to my children because I break them. They forgive me. But I fail to offer that grace to myself. So, I don’t make promises.
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On Birds, Cats, and Children

  • Kyoko Mori
  • May 3, 2018
My devotion to the cats was not an imitation of human motherhood. To confuse the two, I thought, was an insult to both.
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It’s Just Reality: Talking with Meaghan O’Connell

  • Jaime Green
  • May 2, 2018
Meaghan O'Connell discusses her new memoir, And Now We Have Everything, perfectionism in motherhood and writing, and being pregnant again.
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The Last Poem I Loved : “The Planned Child” by Sharon Olds

  • Jacob Stratman
  • April 30, 2018
The poem is no longer a part of the book I own. I ripped it out, had it framed, and nailed it to the wall right next to the door in our master bedroom.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #126: Christopher Zeischegg

  • Antonia Crane
  • March 8, 2018
"Being thrust into forced ritualistic closeness does break the ice, but doesn’t guarantee closeness."
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Rumpus Original Fiction: One of Them Dies

  • Carl Napolitano
  • January 31, 2018
We seldom forget when people promise to give us something, whether we need or want that thing or not. I promise you death, you want a death.
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Inherited Jeans

  • Brandon Hicks
  • January 28, 2018
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