Making Space for Curiosity: A Conversation with Pik-Shuen Fung
Pik-Shuen Fung discusses her debut novel, GHOST FOREST.
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That Moment of Transition: Talking with Musa Okwonga
Musa Okwonga discusses IN THE END, IT WAS ALL ABOUT LOVE and ONE OF THEM.
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Pockets of Belonging: Wandeka Gayle’s Motherland: And Other Stories
The characters of Motherland might be displaced, but they are never alone.
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Voices on Addiction: Semillas
I grieve my father’s disembodiment. It is my grief inheritance.
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We Are More: Show Me Your Teeth
Despite growing up in a predominately white suburb, my family never had a white dentist.
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Place, Patois, and a Pinch of Politics: A Conversation with Celeste Mohammed
Celeste Mohammed discusses her debut novel-in-stories, PLEASANTVIEW.
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Carrying the Stories of Our Ancestors: A Conversation with Anjali Enjeti
Anjali Enjeti discusses SOUTHBOUND and THE PARTED EARTH.
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Nepantla and Radical Empathy: Talking with Sergio Troncoso
Sergio Troncoso discusses his new anthology, NEPANTLA FAMILIAS.
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We Are More: The Docent and the Novelist
I’ve been explaining the Armenian Genocide all my life.
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A Space of Unknowing: Talking with Gabriela Garcia
Gabriela Garcia discusses her debut novel, OF WOMEN AND SALT.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Dr. Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
“The difference with memorializing my story is that I have invited others to live it, for a moment.”
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Asking the Right Questions: Yaa Gyasi’s Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent Kingdom becomes an experiment in itself.
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A Language for Extinction: Zaina Alsous’s A Theory of Birds
And if you ask of her to come to you, her answer is refusal.
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The Fine Line Between Nihilism and Hope: Talking with Ahmed Naji
Ahmed Naji discusses his new memoir, ROTTEN EVIDENCE.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: What Kind of Alone?
Everything old felt far away; everything new felt exhilarating.
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Westward, Onward
It comes down to this: I feel the need to prove I belong here.
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The Danger Is Beauty: Talking with Éireann Lorsung
Éireann Lorsung discusses her new collection of poetry, THE CENTURY.
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History as a Bridge to Belonging: A Conversation with Caroline Kim
Caroline Kim discusses her debut collection, THE PRINCE OF MOURNFUL THOUGHTS AND OTHER STORIES.
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Comb or Brush? An Immigrant’s Knotty Dilemma
I was curious. What was the origin of the comb versus brush divide?
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Beth Alvarado
Beth Alvarado discusses her new story collection, JILLIAN IN THE BORDERLANDS.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Sarah M. Sala
“A poem is like a vision test—its vision is either clear or it’s not.”
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Does It Matter Why
I refuse to play the part, but I play the part.
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The Discourse of Undocumentedness: Talking with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio discusses her first book, THE UNDOCUMENTED AMERICANS.
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Loving Something That May Destroy Us: A Conversation with Angie Cruz
Angie Cruz discusses her newest novel, DOMINICANA.
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The Cost of Liberation: Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Patsy’s imagined freedom in America, she discovers almost immediately, was an illusion.
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Conversations with Literary Ex-Cons: Gustavo Alvarez
Gustavo “Goose” Alvarez talks with Cullen Thomas about PRISON RAMEN, and more.
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An Obligation to Dream: Talking with Noé Álvarez
Noé Álvarez discusses his debut memoir, SPIRIT RUN.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: La Yegüita
The hit below the belt worked. A jab like that was the quickest way to protect one’s denial.
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Reclaiming History from the Bigots: Jill Lepore’s This America
History itself is not so conveniently tidy, and neither is this book.
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The Dead Speak to the Living: Talking with Francisco Aragón
Francisco Aragón discusses his new book, AFTER RUBÉN.
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