The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Ayşe Papatya Bucak
Ayşe Papatya Bucak discusses her debut story collection, THE TROJAN WAR MUSEUM.
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Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Emily Arnason Casey
Emily Arnason Casey discusses her debut essay collection, MADE HOLY.
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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal and Excerpt from Home Making
An exclusive cover reveal + excerpt from Lee Matalone’s debut, HOME MAKING.
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A Sense of Scale: Talking with Jia Tolentino
JIa Tolentino discusses her debut essay collection, TRICK MIRROR.
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No One Can Be Saved: A Conversation with Amanda Goldblatt
Amanda Goldblatt discusses her debut novel, HARD MOUTH.
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The Sacred Act of Art-Making: A Conversation with Patrick Coleman
Patrick Coleman discusses his debut novel, THE CHURCHGOER.
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Modern Lives We Lived: Xuan Juliana Wang’s Home Remedies
Social and economic forces are always pressing on the characters in Wang’s work.
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A Place for Magic, a Place for Joy: Talking with Keah Brown
Keah Brown discusses her debut essay collection, THE PRETTY ONE.
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The Gates of American Belonging: Devi S. Laskar’s The Atlas of Reds and Blues
It begins with a gunshot.
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What We Inherit: Talking with Chanelle Benz
Chanelle Benz discusses her debut novel, THE GONE DEAD.
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The Mystery Tugs: Talking with Joel Mowdy
Joel Mowdy discusses his debut story collection, FLOYD HARBOR.
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Room to Roam: Talking with Karen Auvinen
Karen Auvinen discusses her debut memoir, ROUGH BEAUTY.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #180: De’Shawn Charles Winslow
“Everyone, to varying degrees, is in everyone’s business and life.”
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The Luxury of Choice: Talking with Joanne Ramos
Joanne Ramos discusses her debut novel, THE FARM.
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Allowing Space: A Conversation with Chia-Chia Lin
Chia-Chia Lin discusses her debut novel, THE UNPASSING.
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Making Space at the Center: Talking with Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Kali Fajardo-Anstine discusses her debut story collection, SABRINA & CORINA.
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Touch the Bear: Talking with Blair Hurley
Blair Hurley discusses her debut novel, THE DEVOTED.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #171: Angie Kim
“All in all, it took six years—one year of preparing and marinating, two years of drafting, then three years of revising!”
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Navigating by the Right Stars: A Conversation with Briallen Hopper
Briallen Hopper discusses her debut collection, HARD TO LOVE: ESSAYS AND CONFESSIONS.
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The Mentor Series: Allie Rowbottom and Maggie Nelson
Debut author Allie Rowbottom interviews her mentor, Maggie Nelson.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with T Kira Madden
T Kira Madden discusses her debut memoir, LONG LIVE THE TRIBE OF FATHERLESS GIRLS.
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Four Continents, Three Families, One Nation: Talking with Namwali Serpell
Namwali Serpell discusses her debut novel, THE OLD DRIFT.
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Galaxies in Houston: A Conversation with Bryan Washington
Bryan Washington discusses his debut story collection, LOT.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #167: Josh Denslow
“It was a relief to be out of the confines of scriptwriting. I was having fun again.”
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Telling the Truth, Sideways: A Conversation with Tessa Fontaine
Tessa Fontaine discusses her debut memoir, THE ELECTRIC WOMAN.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #166: T Kira Madden
“I want to always fight for art, not against it.”
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When Our Inner Voices Speak: Reema Zaman’s I Am Yours
Reema’s book teems with gorgeous metaphors.
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Both the Wound and the Healing: Talking with Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman discusses her debut memoir, SOUNDS LIKE TITANIC.
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No-Man’s Land: A Conversation with Angela Mitchell
Angela Mitchell discusses her debut collection, UNNATURAL HABITATS & OTHER STORIES.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #164: Sarah McColl
“What do you do when everything falls apart? Anything you want.”
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