Chris Abani Archives

The Perfect Balance Between Momentum and Stillness: Chris Abani discusses Smoking the Bible

Masculinity isn’t a thing. It is an absence, an excavation. Men are raised in the erase of all that is tender and good and loving until for many of us, all that is left is an unfocused rage.

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Notable Online

Notable Online: 10/11–10/17

Literary events taking place virtually this week!

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Notable New York

Notable NYC: 11/30–12/6

Literary events in and around NYC this week!

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Notable Philadelphia: 4/16–4/22

Literary events in and around Philly this week!

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Above All, Time: A Conversation with Beth Bachmann

Poet Beth Bachmann discusses her new collection, CEASE.

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Notable Twin Cities: 11/26-12/2

Literary events and readings in and around the Twin Cities this week!

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Friday 5/19: Emil Ferris reads from My Favorite Thing Is Monsters at Women & Children First. 7:30 p.m., free. Saturday 5/20: Join Chicago historical mystery writers Susanna Calkins, Cheryl Honigford,…

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The Rumpus Interview with Melissa Yancy

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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Notable Twin Cities: 1/8–1/15

Sunday 1/8: Get your literary fix with an analytical talk by scholar Dave Page on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story, “A Diamond as Big as the Ritz.” The event takes place at…

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Notable New York

Notable NYC: 10/11–10/17

Saturday 10/11: The New Yorker Festival, around town, $35 and up. Cristina Moracho launches Althea and Oliver, a novel about two friends. BookCourt, 7 p.m., free. Sunday 10/12: The New…

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The Rumpus Interview with Chris Abani

Chris Abani sits down to talk about the dangers and seduction of fiction, literature as transformation, growing up in Nigeria, and how "our every justification is a story."

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August’s Poetry Book Club Selection

We are excited to announce Aracelis Girmay’s Kingdom Animalia as the August selection for the August Rumpus Poetry Book Club. This poetry collection, published by BOA Editions is the winner…

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Chris Abani

The Perfect Balance Between Momentum and Stillness: Chris Abani discusses Smoking the Bible

Notable Online: 10/11–10/17

Notable NYC: 11/30–12/6

Notable Philadelphia: 4/16–4/22

Above All, Time: A Conversation with Beth Bachmann

Notable Twin Cities: 11/26-12/2

Notable Chicago: 5/19–5/25

The Rumpus Interview with Melissa Yancy

Notable Twin Cities: 1/8–1/15

Notable NYC: 10/11–10/17

The Rumpus Interview with Chris Abani

August’s Poetry Book Club Selection

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