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The Woman in My Head: A Conversation with Emily Maloney

  • Megan Giller
  • February 2, 2022
There’s a lot of rules or feelings about how writing a book should be, but very little of that actually corresponds with reality.
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Learning the Hard Way: A Conversation with Kate Baer

  • Samantha Mann
  • December 29, 2021
Kate Baer discusses her new poetry collection, HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Cynthia Dewi Oka

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • December 28, 2021
Cynthia Dewi Oka discusses her new collection, FIRE IS NOT A COUNTRY.
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The Aesthetics of Safety

  • Freda Epum
  • December 14, 2021
I find beauty in being protected from danger.
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We Do What We Can: A Conversation with Ryka Aoki

  • Maylin Tu
  • December 13, 2021
Ryka Aoki discusses her second novel, LIGHT FROM UNCOMMON STARS.
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Picasso Shares His Screen

  • Paul Anderson
  • December 6, 2021
The faces of the students appeared one by one, both there and not.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Amanda Moore

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • November 30, 2021
Amanda Moore discusses her debut collection, REQUEENING.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: What Wasn’t

  • Rachel Lyon
  • November 24, 2021
She gave him a small, relieved laugh. In another world, she replied.
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Wash

  • Karine Hack
  • November 16, 2021
I hate the word clean. It’s antiseptic, scrubbed raw; it makes me think of sin and guilt and a God I don’t believe in.
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Writing Toward Surprise: A Conversation with Leslie Pietrzyk

  • Beth Kephart
  • November 12, 2021
Leslie Pietrzyk discusses her new story collection, ADMIT THIS TO NO ONE.
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Searching for Sleeper Trains

  • Stefani Cox
  • November 4, 2021
There aren’t enough trains in Los Angeles. Not enough for me to sleep.
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How It Would Feel to Be Free: Olivia Laing’s Everybody

  • Elissa Favero
  • November 3, 2021
Pleasures and possibilities, though, come hard-won in this book.
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