No addition without subtraction: A Conversation with Hilary Leichter
As fiction writers, we’re always saying that what we write is not “real,” but as soon as we write it, it becomes a part of the world.
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Join NOW!As fiction writers, we’re always saying that what we write is not “real,” but as soon as we write it, it becomes a part of the world.
...moreThinking in terms of the poetry of your life is about noticing that you are one of the sentient beings in a universe with billions of galaxies, and your experience is the universe knowing itself and it is weird and messy and painful but it matters.
...more. . . the novel exists as a form because it allows you to see both the character’s thoughts and the character’s actions, and they rarely line up.
...moreWhen I’ve been running regularly and writing regularly, it tends to go well. When I haven’t been running or writing in a while, then I’m bent over heaving for breath and wondering why I ever thought I knew how to write a sentence.
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...moreA warm Rumpus welcome to our new interviews team!
...moreElizabeth Gonzalez James discusses her debut novel, MONA AT SEA.
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...moreRumpus editors share forthcoming books they can’t wait to read!
...moreFind out what The Rumpus Book Club is reading in June!
...moreRumpus editors share a list of new and forthcoming books to celebrate Women’s History Month.
...moreKick off the first-ever SMOL Fair with SFWP and The Rumpus!
...moreLiterary events taking place virtually this week!
...moreElizabeth Gonzalez James discusses her debut novel, MONA AT SEA.
...moreBooks releasing in the first half of 2021 that we can’t wait to read!
...moreCongratulations to our 2018 Pushcart nominees!
...moreNothing in Texas came easy.
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