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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #205: Beth Alvarado

  • Irene Cooper
  • January 30, 2020
“For me, when I write nonfiction, my mind moves from the outside to the inside.”
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Both Reckoning and Embrace: Dorianne Laux’s Only As The Day Is Long

  • Jeri Theriault
  • January 3, 2020
As the book continues, [Laux] traces a growing understanding of loss.
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The Climate of Feeling: A Conversation with Elvia Wilk

  • Sruti Islam
  • December 27, 2019
Elvia Wilk discusses her debut novel, OVAL.
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Skin

  • Jessica Rae Bergamino
  • December 9, 2019
I am cooking myself back in to my family, back into my own skin.
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Translating Desire: The Erotic-Macabre Poetry of Joyce Mansour

  • Emilie Moorhouse
  • November 18, 2019
...women’s writing has often been deemed too dark, too sultry, too frigid, too hysterical.
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Parallel Planes: The Ghosts of Mothers and Daughters

  • Becky Fine-Firesheets
  • November 14, 2019
I need to hear myself say it out loud to make it real.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Call It Courage”

  • Colin Hamilton
  • November 4, 2019
She was living in little shack balanced among the branches of a tree.
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A Pinpoint Perspective: Talking with Jami Attenberg

  • Monet Patrice Thomas
  • October 30, 2019
Jami Attenberg discusses her newest novel, ALL THIS COULD BE YOURS.
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Chimeras

  • Elanor Broker
  • October 14, 2019
There’s never a clean origin story for the shadow.
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Ghosted

  • Claire Sicherman
  • October 8, 2019
You created me with your cruel silence.
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Rumpus Exclusive: Cover Reveal and Excerpt from Home Making

  • Lee Matalone
  • September 16, 2019
An exclusive cover reveal + excerpt from Lee Matalone's debut, HOME MAKING.
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The Language of Grief: Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li

  • Kemi Falodun
  • August 21, 2019
To grieve is to demonstrate dedication to those we love.
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