essays
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Playing House: A Conversation with Megan Culhane Galbraith
Megan Culhane Galbraith discusses her debut book, THE GUILD OF THE INFANT SAVIOUR.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Gina Nutt
“I like marinating in uncertainty for as long as possible.”
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Melissa Febos
Melissa Febos discusses her new essay collection, GIRLHOOD.
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On Genre and Angle: A Conversation with Julia Koets
Julia Koets discusses her forthcoming poetry collection, PINE.
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Language Is the Spell: Kathryn Nuernberger’s The Witch of Eye
A compendium of pungent and poignant biographical narratives of numerous so-called witches, The Witch of Eye is difficult to put down.
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Allowing for Breathing Room: A Conversation with Jessica Lind Peterson
Jessica Lind Peterson discusses her debut essay collection, SOUND LIKE TRAPPED THUNDER.
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Everything Must Change: A Conversation with Melissa Febos
Melissa Febos discusses her new essay collection, GIRLHOOD.
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A Thousand Interlinked Details: Maybe the People Would Be the Times by Luc Sante
With so much to hear in every moment, for Sante, the page is a score, the world a song.
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Life Is Odd: A Conversation with Dinty W. Moore
Dinty W. Moore discusses his new essay collection, TO HELL WITH IT.
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A Myriad Reckoning: Seismic: Seattle, City of Literature
The collective reimagining in Seismic calls for literary revolution.
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Time Is Precious: A Conversation with Clifford Thompson
Clifford Thompson discusses his work and art-making.
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The Fluidity of Language and Identity: Melissa Faliveno’s Tomboyland
When was the first time you remember seeing yourself in a book you were reading?