A Parcel of Stories: Hard Damage by Aria Aber
The speaker in Hard Damage, it seems, is writing herself to life.
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Departures and Returns: A Conversation with Sarah M. Broom
Sarah M. Broom discusses her debut memoir, THE YELLOW HOUSE.
On the Futility of Defying Extinction
Always, when my father spoke to me in words I could not understand, my guilt spoke back.
Borders and Boundaries: Talking with Irina Reyn
Irina Reyn discusses her new novel, MOTHER COUNTRY.
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Marwa Helal
Marwa Helal discusses her debut collection, INVASIVE SPECIES.
A Community of the People: Tommy Orange’s There There
THERE THERE does not settle, it unsettles.
Looking for Ghosts: A Conversation with John Freeman
John Freeman discusses his debut collection of poetry, Maps, displacement, empathy, and trying to find a way forward in the nation and the world.
Color Is a Language in Itself: Mahtem Shiferraw Discusses Fuchsia
Mahtem Shiferraw discusses her debut collection, Fuchsia, how she uses color to understand the world and to communicate, and why her work continually addresses displacement.
The Rumpus Interview with Rachel Hall
Rachel Hall discusses her debut collection Heirlooms, her mother’s experience growing up in a French Jewish family during World War II, and crossing genre borders in her writing.
The Rumpus Interview with Ranbir Singh Sidhu
Ranbir Singh Sidhu discusses his new novel, Deep Singh Blue, growing up in rural California, and the privileged, problematic world of publishing.
The Rumpus Interview with Asali Solomon
Asali Solomon discusses her debut novel, Disgruntled, narrative structure, the mythology of memory and place, and returning to Philadelphia after years away.