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Investigative but Intimate: A Conversation with Robert L. Shuster

  • John Domini
  • April 30, 2021
Robert L. Shuster discusses his debut novel, TO ZENZI.
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On Collective Trauma and Resilience: Talking with S. Kirk Walsh

  • Shannon Perri
  • April 2, 2021
S. Kirk Walsh discusses her debut novel, THE ELEPHANT OF BELFAST.
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Nowhere to Go but Deeper into the Self: Lauren Oyler’s Fake Accounts

  • Ella Fox-Martens
  • March 31, 2021
Who said great literature has to make the reader feel good?
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Maria Cichosz

  • Jonathan Leal
  • March 18, 2021
“Thinking about blurring those lines got me closer to the truth of the clichés.”
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Everything Is Malleable: Talking with Lauren Oyler

  • Sarah McEachern
  • February 5, 2021
Lauren Oyler discusses her debut novel, FAKE ACCOUNTS.
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Weird and Grotesque and Disturbing: Talking with Elizabeth Gonzalez James

  • Mary Pauline Lowry
  • February 1, 2021
Elizabeth Gonzalez James discusses her debut novel, MONA AT SEA.
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Dark and Light at the Same Time: A Conversation with Fariha Róisín

  • Amy Reardon
  • January 25, 2021
Fariha Róisín discusses her debut novel, LIKE A BIRD.
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Writing for a Trans Audience: Talking with Torrey Peters

  • Carter Sickels
  • January 18, 2021
Torrey Peters discusses her debut novel, DETRANSITION, BABY.
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The Inescapability of Motherhood: Makenna Goodman’s The Shame

  • Allison Grace Myers
  • January 13, 2021
When the novel begins, Alma is in the car, speeding away from her life.
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Closing the Deal: A Conversation with Mateo Askaripour

  • Liz Button
  • January 11, 2021
Mateo Askaripour discusses his debut novel, BLACK BUCK.
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Possibility Is Spellbinding: The Lightness by Emily Temple

  • David Lerner Schwartz
  • January 6, 2021
In short, lightness is the capacity to leave without regret.
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Life Gets in the Way: Talking with Emily Hashimoto

  • Meg Mateo Ilasco
  • January 6, 2021
Emily Hashimoto discusses her debut novel, A WORLD BETWEEN.
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