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Power, Speech, and Silence: The Weak Spot by Lucie Elven

  • Alissa Hattman
  • November 17, 2021
The Weak Spot is more interested in the invisible forces that guide our ways of being in the world.
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Laughing Through It: Emily Austin’s Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

  • Jonathan Kesh
  • November 10, 2021
Morbid humor exists for a reason: to poke fun at our inevitable ends and lighten its emotional load.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Lindsay Merbaum

  • Ina Roy-Faderman
  • October 28, 2021
“It was like wandering through my own labyrinth.”
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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal for How You Grow Wings

  • The Rumpus
  • October 19, 2021
An exclusive look at the cover of Rimma Onoseta’s forthcoming novel, HOW YOU GROW WINGS.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Flop, Turn, River”

  • Kyle Lucia Wu
  • October 11, 2021
“You should only bluff if you are prepared for the life it brings you,” my dad said. “You bluff, then you can’t go back.”
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A Transcendent Wilderness: Andrew J. Graff’s Raft of Stars

  • David Grandouiller
  • September 8, 2021
In particular, Graff’s river is numinous. It’s the center of everything.
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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal for Calling for a Blanket Dance

  • The Rumpus
  • August 24, 2021
An exclusive look at the cover of Oscar Hokeah’s forthcoming novel, CALLING FOR A BLANKET DANCE.
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The Tragedy of Hope: Talking with Willa C. Richards

  • Alex Madison
  • August 18, 2021
Willa C. Richards discusses her debut novel, THE COMFORT OF MONSTERS.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “The Trial”

  • Jaye Viner
  • August 16, 2021
It had only been a matter of time before they’d find her.
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We Are More: Shattering the Ethnic Monolith Myth in The Gimmicks

  • Aram Mrjoian
  • August 3, 2021
To say the past is in the past ignores the abundant ways it controls their lived experience.
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A Psychogeographical Bildungsroman: Talking with Jo Hamya

  • Eva Dunsky
  • July 30, 2021
Jo Hamya discusses her debut novel, THREE ROOMS.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Ray Stoeve

  • Kristen Felicetti
  • July 22, 2021
“You can’t fake knowledge of zip zap zup.”
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