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A Utopia of One’s Own: Heaven Is a Place on Earth by Adrian Shirk

. . . utopia is a living, breathing, imperfect thing that expands and grows with us. It’s always a reflection of our individual selves, of the larger communities we choose, and of the time and place we are born into.

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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Alison Stine

Alison Stine discusses her new novel, ROAD OUT OF WINTER.

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I Wrote a Road Trip through the Apocalypse, Then We Drove It

I won’t say I brought this on myself, but I wrote it. I wrote it myself.

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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Heather McHugh

Heather McHugh discusses her new poetry collection, MUDDY MATTERHORN.

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That Constant Movement: A Conversation with Luis Othoniel Rosa

Luis Othoniel Rosa discusses his novel, DOWN WITH GARGAMEL!.

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The Privilege of Art: Courtney Maum’s Costalegre

There is no real freedom to create art, only the obligation to wealth.

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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers

Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers discusses her new collection, THE TILT TORN AWAY FROM THE SEASONS.

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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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A Complicated, Shifting Subjectivity: Talking with Franny Choi

Franny Choi discusses her second collection, SOFT SCIENCE.

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Writing in Earnest: Talking with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah discusses FRIDAY BLACK.

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Nothing seems fixed or stable anymore except ongoing instability.

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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Peter Mishler

Peter Mishler discusses his debut collection, Fludde, the effect of ritual on poems, and childhood psychology.

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