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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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How Beautiful and Rough: A Conversation with Ashley C. Ford

  • Eve Ettinger
  • July 1, 2021
Ashley C. Ford discusses her debut memoir, SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER.
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What to Read When You’re a PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize Winner

  • The Rumpus
  • August 28, 2020
The 2020 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize winners share books that have inspired them!
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What to Read When You’re Living in a Female Body

  • Marcia Trahan
  • June 19, 2020
Marcia Trahan shares a reading list to celebrate MERCY: A MEMOIR OF MEDICAL TRAUMA AND TRUE CRIME OBSESSION.
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Both the Wound and the Healing: Talking with Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman

  • Linsey Maughan
  • February 25, 2019
Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman discusses her debut memoir, SOUNDS LIKE TITANIC.
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What to Read When Trying to Figure Out Who You Are

  • Terry H. Watkins
  • October 26, 2018
Terry H. Watkins shares a list of books to celebrate her novel, DARLING GIRL.
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What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Feminism

  • The Rumpus
  • May 11, 2018
We here at The Rumpus matriarchy are celebrating all of our feminist “mothers” this Mother's Day!
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What to Read When You Want to Read an “Uncomfortable” Book

  • Spencer Folkins
  • November 10, 2017
Authors whose works have been challenged or banned give recommendations on other "uncomfortable" books that will make you a better person for having read them.
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VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Tara Betts

  • Deesha Philyaw
  • January 18, 2017
Tara Betts discusses her newest collection, Break the Habit, the burden placed on black women artists to be both artist and activist, and why writing is rooted in identity.
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Grandma Loved It

  • Roxie Pell
  • September 10, 2014
As if we needed any more evidence that Maya Angelou was both a goddess of verse and the chill best friend you wish you had (sorry JLaw), Billboard has revealed…
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