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Reverse gentrification of the imagination: A Conversation with Cleyvis Natera

When I’m reading books that work within fantastic traditions, I find they’re able to hold more truths simultaneously and give me, as a reader, room to contemplate social justice and political issues and come to my own understanding of what’s what.

Honoring Street-Level New Orleans: A Conversation with Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Maurice Carlos Ruffin discusses his new story collection, THE ONES WHO DON’T SAY THEY LOVE YOU.

Writing from the Bottom: Active Reception by Noah Ross

Active Reception writes into the place where language fails.

Rumpus Original Fiction: Poor People Disappear

Nothing is not right. There is no indication there has ever been a house.

I’m Cold, Please Touch Me: The Freezer Door by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Sycamore wrote this book long before pandemic time, and yet it couldn’t have arrived at a better moment.

A Myriad Reckoning: Seismic: Seattle, City of Literature

The collective reimagining in Seismic calls for literary revolution.

The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore discusses her new book, THE FREEZER DOOR.

Freedom Knows Who We Are: Talking with Kelly Harris-DeBerry

Kelly Harris-DeBerry discusses her debut poetry collection, FREEDOM KNOWS MY NAME.

Rumpus Original

He Comes While We Are Walking

It doesn’t feel good, does it? I didn’t see it coming either.

If You Lived Here, You’d Be Home Now

I’ve been everywhere, but I don’t belong anywhere.

Voices on Addiction: The Economics of Gentrified Vice

The marijuana shop shimmers from the abyss, a glowing green jewelry box atop the hill.

The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #219: Zak Ferguson

“[I]t is an itch that needs to be scratched. To test. To push. To prove to myself.”

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