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In Defense of Sinead O’Connor

  • Eileen Toomey
  • March 1, 2018
“Remember Sinead?” I asked. My mom nodded her head and shrugged.
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There Is Simply No Time for This: Whose Streets? and Civil Rights Cinema

  • Argun Ulgen
  • July 27, 2017
It is unlikely I will see the US justice system evolve toward an egalitarian ideal in my lifetime. But Whose Streets? does offer a clearly visible North Star.
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Bonfire

  • Argyle C. Klopnik, Esq.
  • February 6, 2017
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The Rumpus Interview with Chinelo Okparanta

  • Ryan Krull
  • November 6, 2015
Chinelo Okparanta talks about her debut novel, Under the Udala Trees, her upcoming appearance at Portland’s Wordstock book festival, and LGBTQ rights in America and worldwide.
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The Rumpus Interview with Melissa Gira Grant

  • Amanda Bloom
  • September 23, 2015
Melissa Gira Grant talks sex workers’ rights, labor politics, the novelty of women’s sexuality, and her book, Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work.
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The Rumpus Interview with Corinne Goria

  • Peter Orner
  • June 3, 2014
Author and veteran Voice of Witness editor Peter Orner sits down with Invisible Hands: Voices From the Global Economy editor Corinne Goria to talk about putting the book together, economic interdependency, and the complex human stories behind everyday items.
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The Rumpus Interview with Sibylla Brodzinsky and Max Schoening

  • Emmy Komada
  • September 13, 2012
The editors of Throwing Stones at the Moon shed light on Colombia's human rights crisis and the power of bringing survivors' voices to a conversation dominated by the perpetrators and beneficiaries of the conflict.
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The Rumpus Original Combo with Deb Olin Unferth: Part 1, The Interview

  • Ethan Nosowsky
  • January 31, 2011
“For years I was angry at myself for having run away with a man. Later, I couldn't figure out why I wasn't that person anymore. Why couldn't I find someone to give me an identity again?”
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White Torture

  • Isaac Fitzgerald
  • May 28, 2010
“After I recanted my false confession, my main interrogator essentially told me he knew I was not a spy. My captors may have wanted to use my false confession to…
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