The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Callum Angus
“When I first came out as trans, I learned a lot from trans youth; they taught me so much.”
...more“When I first came out as trans, I learned a lot from trans youth; they taught me so much.”
...moreWe get to devour our horror from the top of the head down to the tips of the toes.
...moreStephen Graham Jones discusses his new novel, THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS.
...moreJenny Hval discusses her new novel, GIRLS AGAINST GOD.
...moreOnce an area was designated, it was off limits.
...moreC. Kubasta discusses her new collection, ABJECTIFICATION: STORIES & TRUTHS.
...moreChloe N. Clark discusses her debut story collection, COLLECTIVE GRAVITIES.
...more“I hope it will mean as much to readers as it does to me.”
...moreHelen Phillips discusses her new novel, THE NEED.
...moreLilliam Rivera discusses her new novel, DEALING IN DREAMS.
...moreFeet dangle in the foreground, suspended in space by distance and gravity.
...moreSteph Post discusses her new novel, MIRACULUM.
...moreEvery monster has a history with another monster.
...moreLooking back, it feels like I knew.
...moreThe narration isn’t dispassionate, but there’s a distance.
...moreCarmen Maria Machado discusses Her Body and Other Parties, riffing off the work of others, and how writing is like solving a math problem.
...moreI wanted to be scared because being terrified taught me how to survive.
...more“Being thrust into forced ritualistic closeness does break the ice, but doesn’t guarantee closeness.”
...moreDown the steps of the second-story apartment above the hearse garage and across the alley was the library.
...moreColin Winnette discusses his new novel, The Job of the Wasp, the nature of horror and his approach to writing it, and the fear at the heart of the book.
...moreCarmen Maria Machado discusses her debut story collection, Her Body and Other Parties, her favorite horror writers and movies, and writing the book(s) she’s always wanted to read.
...moreWomen’s bodies signify so much, both to ourselves and others, that inhabiting them and having ownership over them often feel like two different states of being.
...moreDanzy Senna discusses New People, inhabiting her characters without judging them, playing with the reality and surreality of identity, and pushing against traditional story arcs.
...moreJac Jemc discusses The Grip of It, revision, and returning to the theme of trustworthiness again and again.
...moreAuthor Meghan Lamb‘s new novel, Silk Flowers (Birds of Lace, March 2017), is a book that cuts to the core of disturbance. In it, a woman is struck by an inexplicable and undiagnosable illness that renders her immobile and takes away her ability to speak. Her husband must become her caretaker, living with a woman […]
...moreSamantha Irby discusses her new essay collection, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, all that comes along with writing about your life, and reading great horror books.
...moreSequoia 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.
...moreKea Wilson discusses her debut novel We Eat Our Own, the influence of film on her work, and what she’s learned from working as a bookseller.
...moreThe individuality of body horror is its signature attribute. Nothing is more intimate than one’s own body, and by extension, one’s own physical suffering.
...moreIn a political climate in which undocumented immigrants are painted as criminals and rapists and half the country is crying for deportation, this week’s story reminds us that immigrants are fathers who love their daughters, who work hard and send money home to dying mothers, who will go to the ends of the Earth for […]
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