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Sacred and Profane and Infinitely Compassionate: Remembering Anthony Veasna So

  • Greg Mania
  • August 9, 2021
Agent Rob McQuilkin and editor Helen Atsma discuss AFTERPARTIES by Anthony Veasna So.
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Nowhere to Go but Deeper into the Self: Lauren Oyler’s Fake Accounts

  • Ella Fox-Martens
  • March 31, 2021
Who said great literature has to make the reader feel good?
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Finding Firm Ground: A Conversation with Nadia Owusu

  • Donna Hemans
  • January 13, 2021
Nadia Owusu discusses her debut memoir, AFTERSHOCKS.
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The Complex Disability Representation We Need: Rebekah Taussig’s Sitting Pretty

  • Hannah Soyer
  • December 2, 2020
What Taussig does, then, is ground these ideas in reality through her own lived experiences.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Lauren J. Sharkey

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • July 22, 2020
Lauren J. Sharkey discusses her debut novel, INCONVENIENT DAUGHTER.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • June 17, 2020
Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn discusses her debut essay collection, A FISH GROWING LUNGS.
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Reality Is Absurd: Talking with Ted O’Connell

  • Aatif Rashid
  • May 29, 2020
Ted O'Connell discusses his first book, K: A NOVEL.
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C-Beams Glittering in the Dark: A Conversation with Cooper Lee Bombardier

  • Samantha Allen
  • May 22, 2020
Cooper Lee Bombardier discusses his first book, PASS WITH CARE: MEMOIRS.
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Circuitous Journeys: Talking with Sejal Shah

  • Madhushree Ghosh
  • May 20, 2020
Sejal Shah discusses her debut essay collection, THIS IS ONE WAY TO DANCE.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #204: Paulina Flores

  • Haley Sherif
  • January 16, 2020
“Working with words is a quest, not blind, but in the darkness.”
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The Climate of Feeling: A Conversation with Elvia Wilk

  • Sruti Islam
  • December 27, 2019
Elvia Wilk discusses her debut novel, OVAL.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #202: Michelle Steinbeck

  • Nina Moog
  • December 19, 2019
“I wanted every reader to see her or his own story.”
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