The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Threa Almontaser
Threa Almontaser discusses her debut collection, THE WILD FOX OF YEMEN.
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The Art of Striving to Convince: A Conversation with Elizabeth McCracken
Elizabeth McCracken discusses her new story collection, THE SOUVENIR MUSEUM.
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The Plague within a Plague: Ethel Rohan’s In the Event of Contact
Rohan is masterful at mining these triads for their palpable uneasiness and unavoidable suffering.
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Insinuative Curvilinearities: A Conversation with Garielle Lutz
Garielle Lutz discusses her new story collection, WORSTED.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Melissa Febos
Melissa Febos discusses her new essay collection, GIRLHOOD.
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Reimagining the Whole Damn World: A Conversation with Sonora Jha
Sonora Jha discusses her new book, HOW TO RAISE A FEMINIST SON.
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Digital Space Is Real Space: Talking with A.E. Osworth
A.E. Osworth discusses their debut novel, WE ARE WATCHING ELIZA BRIGHT.
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On Collective Trauma and Resilience: Talking with S. Kirk Walsh
S. Kirk Walsh discusses her debut novel, THE ELEPHANT OF BELFAST.
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Always in Flux: A Conversation with Shy Watson
Shy Watson discusses her new collection, HORROR VACUI: POEMS AND OTHER WRITINGS.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Adrienne Christian
Adrienne Christian discusses her newest collection, WORN.
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A Space of Sanctuary: Mother Country by Elana Bell
The body, like a country, holds so much, and all at once.
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All That Connection: A Conversation with Roberto Carlos Garcia
Roberto Carlos Garcia discusses his third poetry collection, [ELEGIES].
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Sunflower Sick
Maybe this pandemic will make us a family.
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On Resilience, Tender Rituals, and Responsible Love: Talking with Kiese Laymon
Kiese Laymon discusses the revised HOW TO SLOWLY KILL YOURSELF AND OTHERS IN AMERICA.
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The Lure of the Process: Talking with Chang-rae Lee
Chang-rae Lee discusses his new novel, MY YEAR ABROAD.
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Transformed by Discovering: A Conversation with Beth Kephart
Beth Kephart discusses her new memoir, WIFE | DAUGHTER | SELF.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Erin Belieu
Erin Belieu discusses her new collection, COME-HITHER HONEYCOMB.
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To Move Forward but Not Forget: Talking with Chloe Yelena Miller
Chloe Yelena Miller discusses her debut full-length poetry collection, VIABLE.
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True Detective and a Greyhound: On Imagination and Survival
It’s exhausting, I realize, to constantly convince myself that I matter.
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SquareRoot of Love: Beyond the Divide
We need some love back, especially from elected and community leaders.
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Spotlight: “Five Pandemic Date Night Ideas”
Enjoy a cozy evening at home… and another one… and another one.
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A Poetics of Questions: The Bower by Connie Voisine
To learn is perhaps Voisine’s primary goal in writing the poems in The Bower.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Janice P. Nimura
Janice P. Nimura discusses her new book, THE DOCTORS BLACKWELL.
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What to Read When You or Someone You Love Has a Chronic Illness
Molly Spencer shares a reading list to celebrate HINGE.
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FUNNY WOMEN: Amelia Bedelia Takes a COVID Test
Mrs. Rogers was angry. She was very angry.
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In and of the Wreck: Together in a Sudden Strangeness
In its imagery and mood, the collection feels distinctly April.
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Out-of-Body Recognition: A Conversation with JinJin Xu
JinJin Xu discusses her debut chapbook, THERE IS STILL SINGING IN THE AFTERLIFE.
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