A Transcendent Wilderness: Andrew J. Graff’s Raft of Stars
In particular, Graff’s river is numinous. It’s the center of everything.
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Posts Tagged: faith
The Plane That We Inhabit: A Conversation with Ashley M. Jones
Ashley M. Jones discusses her new poetry collection, REPARATIONS NOW!.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Kaveh Akbar
Kaveh Akbar discusses his new collection, PILGRIM BELL.
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The Benefit of Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Talking with Joshua Henkin
Joshua Henkin discusses his new novel, MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS.
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Accidental Altars
Choose, the specter points in opposite directions.
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It’s about Choices: Talking with Donika Kelly
Donika Kelly discusses her new poetry collection, THE RENUNCIATIONS.
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That’s the Metaphor: A Conversation with Kendra Allen
Kendra Allen discusses her debut poetry collection, THE COLLECTION PLATE.
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Ways to Love, and Be Loved: Talking with Joy Ladin
Joy Ladin discusses the new edition of THE BOOK OF ANNA.
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Subverting the Wild West: A Conversation with Anna North
Anna North discusses her new novel, OUTLAWED.
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Hypocrisy Is Ripe for Stories: Talking with Melissa Scholes Young
Melissa Scholes Young discusses her new novel, THE HIVE.
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The Seductive Nature of Faith: Talking with Alex McElroy
Alex McElroy discusses their debut novel, THE ATMOSPHERIANS.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: David Biespiel
“In the act of writing about it and revising it, I’m still having the experience.”
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Asking the Right Questions: Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom becomes an experiment in itself.
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Sleeping with Myself
I exist in a field of landmines, never quite sure when one will go off or why.
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Holding Uncertainty: Talking with Teresa Carmody
Teresa Carmody discusses her debut novel, THE RECONCEPTION OF MARIE.
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Voices on Addiction: There Were Also Girls, Women
I always thought I was too smart to be one of those girls.
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The Meaning Is in the Scale: Talking with David Adjmi
David Adjmi discusses his new memoir, LOT SIX.
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Rites of Passage: Steven Toussaint’s Lay Studies
We are liturgical animals, Toussaint’s poems suggest, designed to satisfy some ultimate desire with worship.
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An Irony Full of Grace: John L’Heureux’s The Heart Is a Full-Wild Beast
The horror of violence is not assuaged by announcing it quickly.
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The Lonesome Home: A Conversation with Aria Aber
Aria Aber discusses her debut poetry collection, HARD DAMAGE.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Chelsea Bieker
Chelsea Bieker discusses her debut novel, GODSHOT.
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Man vs Man vs Nature: Beyond the Sea by Paul Lynch
So begins an odyssey of survival. Will they make it?
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The Harder, Truer Thing: Talking with Chelsea Bieker
Chelsea Bieker discusses her debut novel, GODSHOT.
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A New Version of Possibility: Talking with Juliana Delgado Lopera
Juliana Delgado Lopera discusses their new novel, FIEBRE TROPICAL.
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Be a Reed in the Wind: Talking with Aisha Sharif
Aisha Sharif discusses her debut collection of poetry, TO KEEP FROM UNDRESSING.
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You Have to Look For It: A Conversation with Cameron Dezen Hammon
Cameron Dezen Hammon discusses her debut memoir, THIS IS MY BODY.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Chrissy Stroop and Lauren O’Neal
Co-editors Chrissy Stroop and Lauren O’Neal discuss their new anthology, EMPTY THE PEWS.
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