The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #225: Debra Jo Immergut
“I found that the tap seemed to open when I accessed deep emotion and memory.”
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Posts Tagged: doppelganger
Both Ways at Once: Talking with Helen Phillips
Helen Phillips discusses her new novel, THE NEED.
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The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #35: Moons and Mirrors, Fathers and Sons
So, I had a vision this morning in which I visited the moon. What’s that? You don’t have visions? Oh, my friend, you must learn to have visions; it is a gift that saves. I did not intend to go to the moon. I was trying to visit a figure I met in a dream: […]
...moreThis Week of Short Fiction
New motherhood: it’s common but totally strange, completely natural yet weirdly alien, a beautiful miracle and absolutely disgusting. It can also have some strong effects on a woman’s perception of self and identity, as Helen Phillips (The Beautiful Bureaucrat) explores brilliantly in her story “The Doppelgängers,” chosen by Lauren Groff at Recommended Reading this week. […]
...moreSeeing Double
The new issue of the revived The Scofield is out, spotlighting the work of Dambudzo Marechera and a favorite literary motif: the doppelgänger. The magazine revisits classics from the likes of Poe and Dostoevsky, offers theoretical views on the doppelgänger, and shares fiction from contemporary voices like Helen Phillips and Jeffery Renard Allen.
...moreWhile the Women Are Sleeping
Doppelgängers, ghosts, and philosophical riddles about the nature of identity make up Javier Marías’ new collection of short fictions.
...moreThe World Was Still There
John Haskell’s novel takes readers on a metaphysical journey through the mind of a Steve Martin-impersonator impersonator.
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