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From the Archive: Propelled by Questions: Animal by Dorothea Lasky

  • Mariah Bosch
  • June 22, 2022
The animal spirit of poetry brings us closer to our own humanity.
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From the Archive: Rumpus Original Fiction: On the Last Day, the Ancestors Came

  • Tyrese L. Coleman
  • February 28, 2022
If this were the end, May needed to see.
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The Resumes of Identity We Present to Strangers: A Conversation with Dolly Alderton

  • Mikaela Dery
  • September 24, 2021
Dolly Alderton discusses her new novel, GHOSTS.
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Haunted, Beloved: A Conversation with Jacques Rancourt

  • Michael Colbert
  • September 15, 2021
Jacques Rancourt discusses his new collection, BROCKEN SPECTRE.
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A Space to Include the Excess: Talking with Janice Lee

  • Melissa Matthewson
  • September 13, 2021
Janice Lee discusses her new novel, IMAGINE A DEATH.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Tick Tock Write”

  • Laraine Herring
  • August 30, 2021
“Tick tock tick tock,” Raven says. “It’s my departure or yours.”
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Karen Salyer McElmurray

  • Chris Moore
  • June 10, 2021
“The grief felt like giving birth, these waves of pain and then receiving.”
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Laraine Herring

  • Gayle Brandeis
  • June 3, 2021
“That’s the power of art, I think. It is transformative. It can love us all back home.”
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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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The Gothic Horror of the Fourth Trimester: Talking with Julia Fine

  • Sara Petersen
  • February 24, 2021
Julia Fine discusses her new novel, THE UPSTAIRS HOUSE.
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Some of the Places I Am Stuck

  • Cameron Gorman
  • January 12, 2021
I lived there, suspended in the moment before I chose to move.
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Learning to Be Haunted: Dennis James Sweeney’s Ghost/Home

  • Kelly Weber
  • October 28, 2020
We make a home, in other words, by letting in our ghosts.
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