Does It Matter Why
I refuse to play the part, but I play the part.
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Posts Tagged: Donald Trump
The Right to Lawfully Kill
I say the world is on fire. I say I’m seeing things.
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The Discourse of Undocumentedness: Talking with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio discusses her first book, THE UNDOCUMENTED AMERICANS.
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Re-Contextualizing Dolly Parton in Her Full Glory: Talking with Sarah Smarsh
Sarah Smarsh discusses her new book, SHE COME BY IT NATURAL.
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From the Editors: Election 2020
Rumpus editors share their thoughts, fears, and concerns around the impending election.
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Reclaiming History from the Bigots: Jill Lepore’s This America
History itself is not so conveniently tidy, and neither is this book.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Sacred Stories”
All anyone really wants is to be seen and heard, and yet we avoid seeing and hearing others every day.
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Zones of Paradox: A Conversation with Billy-Ray Belcourt
Billy-Ray Belcourt discusses his new book, A HISTORY OF MY BRIEF BODY.
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Let Our Rage Become a Storm: Kelly Grace Thomas’s Boat Burned
In this collection, women are “vesseled,” carrying the burdens of our culture.
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Larger Than Life: Talking with Alia Volz
Alia Volz discusses her debut memoir, HOME BAKED.
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We Stand with the People
We will not let this continue
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That Little Bit of Magic: A Conversation with Ramiza Shamoun Koya
Ramiza Shamoun Koya discusses her debut novel, THE ROYAL ABDULS.
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Finding Hope in Resistance: Talking with Amy Roost
Co-editor Amy Roost discusses the anthology FURY: WOMEN’S LIVED EXPERIENCES DURING THE TRUMP ERA.
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Fraught Woods: Chelsea Rathburn’s Still Life with Mother and Knife
These are the woods through which we walk from an early age.
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Turning Purple: The Year of the Defector
I needed love big enough to make my own hunger seem small.
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A Political Pregnancy
Are my choices in this culture so firmly dictated by my ability to give birth?
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Chrissy Stroop and Lauren O’Neal
Co-editors Chrissy Stroop and Lauren O’Neal discuss their new anthology, EMPTY THE PEWS.
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A Gripping, Limited Call to Arms: Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments
There are so many happy endings that dystopia and utopia become almost indistinguishable by the novel’s end.
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Into Unbound Space: Talking with Seth Rogoff
Seth Rogoff discusses his novels FIRST, THE RAVEN: A PREFACE and THIN RISING VAPORS.
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Turning Purple: Blood Feast
It isn’t until I look at my wife’s face that I can feel my own fear.
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Turning Purple: The Borderland
What we have most in common is that we don’t know the truth.
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You Are Your Own Director: A Conversation with Karen Finley
Karen Finley discusses her most recent book, GRABBING PUSSY.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #175: Mira Jacob
“I wanted it to feel like it was done with urgency because it was.”
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Until We Rise Again
Where do I get what I need when I have nothing left?
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Nobody Is Above the Law: Rally to Release the Mueller Report, Today, 5 p.m., Everywhere
This is not the first such protest, and it won’t be the last.
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War Games: Kill Class by Nomi Stone
What happens when we play along with something not real—does it become real?
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Both Hard and Soft: Talking with Lilliam Rivera
Lilliam Rivera discusses her new novel, DEALING IN DREAMS.
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SquareRoot of Love: Broken Heart
We must find a way to keep the roots of love and justice strong.
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