Into Unbound Space: Talking with Seth Rogoff
Seth Rogoff discusses his novels FIRST, THE RAVEN: A PREFACE and THIN RISING VAPORS.
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The Mentor Series: Preti Taneja and Maureen Freely
Preti Taneja interviews her mentor, Maureen Freely.
Violence and Tenderness: The Explosive Expert’s Wife by Shara Lessley
Lessley's poems remind us: “Because to cry's / a sign, to cry is proof, / there's life.”
I Am a Camera: Talking with Ali Fitzgerald
Ali Fitzgerald discusses her new graphic memoir, DRAWN TO BERLIN.
Here’s Your Beginning: A Conversation with Lynn Freed
Lynn Freed discussions her recent essay collection, The Romance of Elsewhere, the importance of a good first sentence, and the risks involved in writing irony.
Rumpus Original Fiction: Maybe There’s This Dragon?
Maybe I’ve been here too long. Maybe I’ve finally accepted that the apartment is somehow aspirational. Maybe there’s this dragon.
A Meer-Kin in Paris
Her face lit up, and I checked to make sure the man’s scowl had returned. It wasn’t enough for me that heaven should exist for the wife; her husband had to end up in hell.
The Rumpus Interview with Erik Kennedy
Poet Erik Kennedy discusses literary community and his formative years as a young writer in New Jersey, and shares two new prose poems.
Paris and All That Jazz
While Fitzgerald’s haunts have certainly evolved over the years, and some have disappeared altogether, visitors to Paris can still relive the old-fashioned glamor of Fitzgerald’s Paris. It requires imagination, champagne,…
Navigating French
Over at The Millions, Hannah Gersen interviews Lauren Collins about her memoir, When in French; learning a foreign language; and writing about herself. As Collins recalls: I wanted to describe…
Rumpus Exclusive: An Excerpt from Danielle Trussoni’s The Fortress
Danielle Trussoni's new novel, The Fortress: A Love Story, is out today from Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow Publishers.
The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Vanessa Blakeslee
I don’t want to waste readers’ time with a several hundred-page novel that’s not relevant to the wicked problems we’re facing today.