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A Sense of Scale: Talking with Jia Tolentino

  • Sarah Haas
  • September 4, 2019
JIa Tolentino discusses her debut essay collection, TRICK MIRROR.
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A Place for Magic, a Place for Joy: Talking with Keah Brown

  • Kate Harlin
  • August 5, 2019
Keah Brown discusses her debut essay collection, THE PRETTY ONE.
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Finding the Inside Story: A Conversation with Paul Crenshaw

  • Megan Culhane Galbraith
  • August 2, 2019
Paul Crenshaw discusses his debut essay collection, THIS ONE WILL HURT YOU.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • July 24, 2019
Elissa Washuta and Theresa Warburton discusses SHAPES OF NATIVE NONFICTION.
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The Past Is Living: Jennifer Militello’s Knock Wood

  • Tania Pabón Acosta
  • July 17, 2019
Militello chooses cadence over chronology to show how moments flow into each other and through us.
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The Brain Wants What It Wants: Talking with Elisa Gabbert

  • Tyler Barton
  • July 5, 2019
Elisa Gabbert discusses her newest book, THE WORD PRETTY.
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This Week in (Reproductive Rights) Essays

  • Tamara Matthews
  • June 26, 2019
Our storytelling, the sharing of our necessary truths, is needed now more than ever.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Michele Filgate

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • May 22, 2019
Michele Filgate discusses WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON'T TALK ABOUT.
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Being in the Room: Talking with Kendra Allen

  • Martha Anne Toll
  • May 1, 2019
Kendra Allen discusses her debut essay collection, WHEN YOU LEARN THE ALPHABET.
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Story by Story: Talking with Margaret Renkl

  • Beth Kephart
  • April 17, 2019
Margaret Renkl discusses her forthcoming debut memoir-in-essays, LATE MIGRATIONS.
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Navigating by the Right Stars: A Conversation with Briallen Hopper

  • Alex Dueben
  • April 5, 2019
Briallen Hopper discusses her debut collection, HARD TO LOVE: ESSAYS AND CONFESSIONS.
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Through the Translator’s Lens: Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough’s Objects of Affection

  • Melissa Oliveira
  • February 6, 2019
For Hryniewicz-Yarbrough, language provides a stronger connection with the past than nationality alone.
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