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What It Means to Be a Human: Talking with Maggie Downs

  • Amy Reardon
  • May 1, 2020
Maggie Downs discusses her debut memoir, BRAVER THAN YOU THINK.
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Interrogating Grief: A Converstion with Victoria Chang

  • Janet Rodriguez
  • April 27, 2020
Victoria Chang discusses her new poetry collection, OBIT.
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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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Trudging Down Death Road

  • Tega Oghenechovwen
  • July 15, 2019
Reveal yourself. Reveal yourself. You cannot be dead. Reveal yourself.
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Open Letter to Our Body

  • Yoshiko Iwai
  • June 24, 2019
The only thing I can count on to be there tomorrow is my body. And yours.
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My Burning Tongue

  • Patricia Lawler Kenet
  • June 10, 2019
What price have we paid for our silence?
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Orientation

  • David Hollander
  • February 27, 2019
The human animal was at war with itself. It was a cosmic joke with no teller.
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Voices on Addiction: A Conversation with Eva Hagberg Fisher

  • Kristi Coulter
  • January 31, 2019
Eva Hagberg Fisher discusses her debut memoir, HOW TO BE LOVED.
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Death, Doorways, and Dance

  • Joanne De Simone
  • January 8, 2019
Acceptance is a fluid dance
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Less-Than-Linear: A Conversation with Georgia Webber

  • Maria Anderson
  • December 26, 2018
Georgia Webber discusses DUMB: LIVING WITHOUT A VOICE in an illustrated interview!
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Reclamation, Reassembly, and Recognition: Jasminne Méndez’s Night-Blooming Jasmin(n)e

  • Diamond Forde
  • December 7, 2018
What happens when the source of grief comes from within?
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Writing When Your Life Depends on It

  • Katherine Min
  • November 6, 2018
Do I want to live, or do I want to write? Sometimes I think it’s that simple.
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