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Bringing to Light: A Gathering and Tethering of Memory in Darla Himeles’s Cleave

  • Jenny Wong
  • October 22, 2021
Poems echo, rebound, and speak to one another.
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Voices on Addiction: Keep It Simple, Sweetheart

  • Sandra Shattuck
  • October 18, 2021
Finding joy in the now, even as death and difficulty mark the days, is possible, a choice, and a practice.
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The Benefit of Barking Up the Wrong Tree: Talking with Joshua Henkin

  • Jane Ratcliffe
  • August 23, 2021
Joshua Henkin discusses his new novel, MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS.
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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal for Flight Risk

  • The Rumpus
  • May 25, 2021
An exclusive look at the cover of Joy Castro’s forthcoming novel, FLIGHT RISK.
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Writing toward Meaning: A Conversation with Ethel Rohan

  • Mackenzie Rohan
  • May 19, 2021
Ethel Rohan discusses her new story collection, IN THE EVENT OF CONTACT.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Adrienne Christian

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • March 30, 2021
Adrienne Christian discusses her newest collection, WORN.
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Intimate Characters: Talking with Laura Bogart

  • Tabitha Blankenbiller
  • July 31, 2020
Laura Bogart discusses her debut novel, DON’T YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU.
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A Story of Memory: Machine by Susan Steinberg

  • Justin Brouckaert
  • November 20, 2019
The narrator is trapped here, in the summer her family and her life fell apart.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #76: Chris Tusa

  • Steven Petite
  • March 23, 2017
Set in post-Katrina New Orleans, Chris Tusa’s second novel, In the City of Falling Stars (Livingston Press, September 2016), tells a tale of paranoia and intrigue. Maurice Delahoussaye witnesses dead birds…
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #71: Kris D’Agostino

  • Mickie Meinhardt
  • February 16, 2017
In Kris D’Agostino’s second novel, The Antiques, he returns to familiar forms: A dysfunctional family whose members are in various stages of arrested development; a generational home in upstate New…
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The Rumpus Interview with Naomi Jackson

  • Alli Maloney
  • February 6, 2017
Naomi Jackson discusses her debut novel, The Star Side of Bird Hill, how she approached writing about mental illness and its affects on a family, and choosing to to tell a story from multiple perspectives.
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