Greg Mania Archives - The Rumpus

Finding Conviction in Chaos: Talking with Prince Shakur

When we act and what language we use to defend ourselves matters; on a craft level, this is useful to know because this very logic reveals character. What do you care about? And how does that show up in your life?

Tasting Our Own Wildness: Talking with Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

. . . perhaps humanity is not the pinnacle of what a living thing can be . . .

The Dream Does What It Wants: Talking with David Santos Donaldson

. . . I advise any fiction writer who can afford it, to an get a Jungian analyst . . .

When Silences Need to Be Broken: Talking with Ingrid Rojas Contreras

Language is inexact, and will always be an approximation. In my own experience of amnesia, there was a period of time where things didn't have names, and it was in that nameless, getting-to-know-something that I felt I knew it better.

Honoring the Past That Built Us: Talking with Kali Fajardo-Anstine

All of my writing is guided by the need to feel culturally seen and acknowledged as a vital part of the American identity.

Finding Meaning at the Edge of Reality: Talking with Elissa Washuta

Elissa Washuta discusses her new essay collection, WHITE MAGIC.

Sacred and Profane and Infinitely Compassionate: Remembering Anthony Veasna So

Agent Rob McQuilkin and editor Helen Atsma discuss AFTERPARTIES by Anthony Veasna So.

The Dangerous Myth of the “Perfect Victim”: A Conversation with Jonathan Parks-Ramage

Jonathan Parks-Ramage discusses his debut novel, YES, DADDY.

The Seductive Nature of Faith: Talking with Alex McElroy

Alex McElroy discusses their debut novel, THE ATMOSPHERIANS.

A Space of Unknowing: Talking with Gabriela Garcia

Gabriela Garcia discusses her debut novel, OF WOMEN AND SALT.

Encouraging Messiness: A Conversation with Melissa Broder

Melissa Broder discusses her new novel, MILK FED.

Upending the Scene: A Conversation with Te-Ping Chen

Te-Ping Chen discusses her debut story collection, LAND OF BIG NUMBERS.

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