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Writing Hurricanes and Conjuring Ghosts: A Conversation with J. Nicole Jones

  • Beth Ward
  • May 14, 2021
J. Nicole Jones discusses her debut memoir, LOW COUNTRY.
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Magical Truth: A Conversation with Chloe N. Clark

  • Kate Finegan
  • July 10, 2020
Chloe N. Clark discusses her debut story collection, COLLECTIVE GRAVITIES.
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Who Has the Most to Lose?: A Conversation with Julian K. Jarboe

  • E.B. Bartels
  • May 27, 2020
Julian K. Jarboe discusses EVERYONE ON THE MOON IS ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL.
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Living with Our Ghosts: A Conversation with Maisy Card

  • Greg Mania
  • March 23, 2020
Maisy Card discusses her debut novel, THESE GHOSTS ARE FAMILY.
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Writing Resistance: A Conversation with J. Kasper Kramer

  • Sarah Einstein
  • December 6, 2019
J. Kasper Kramer discusses her debut novel, THE STORY THAT CANNOT BE TOLD.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Kimberly Lojewksi

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • September 19, 2018
Kimberly Lojewski discusses WORM FIDDLING NOCTURNE IN THE KEY OF A BROKEN HEART.
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Say the Name

  • Lauren Swift
  • September 26, 2017
And what weapons does Trump have in his arsenal, beyond the name he has been able to hide malignant words and actions behind?
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Storytelling Is a Search: An Interview with Sequoia Nagamatsu

  • Melissa Goodrich
  • April 3, 2017
Sequoia Nagamatsu discusses his debut collection Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone, grief as a character, and the intersection of ancient myth and the modern world.
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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: No Wound

  • Shamala Gallagher
  • December 31, 2016
Maybe I can touch it and show it to you. If I convince you, we can call it real. And then perhaps it will be.
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This Week in Short Fiction

  • Claire Burgess
  • May 6, 2016
Some people write about dystopian futures, or reimagined folktales, or ghosts, or science fiction. Sequoia Nagamatsu, author of the upcoming story collection Where We Go When All We Were Is…
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Hunger is the Beginning

  • Lyz Lenz
  • October 15, 2014
Desire is transformative, and transgressive: whether it’s an unpeeled onion or a noble lover, to want something, especially for women, can never be entirely benign. A common consequence for careless…
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Scary Stories for a New Generation

  • Lauren O'Neal
  • January 16, 2014
We haven’t stopped creating fairy tales and folklore—we just do it online now. For Aeon magazine, Will Wiles has a splendid longread about “creepypasta,” the phenomenon of writing and disseminating…
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