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Italo Calvino

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What to Read When Remembering Milan Kundera

  • Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn
  • July 14, 2023
Though I am often at least the typist behind many of the posts authored by The Rumpus, I am keeping my name on this one as it’s very much a…
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Daydreams of Blackness: Some of Them Will Carry Me by Giada Scodellaro

  • Georgie Fehringer
  • October 18, 2022
Scodellaro’s characters have autonomy, know their comforts and desires, and find space and safety in the corners of forgotten places. They grieve on countertops, chewing ice and waiting for the return of a lover who has left for another.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Andrew Bertaina

  • Arielle Bernstein
  • November 18, 2021
"Life is incredibly sad, but it’s also funny, joyful, wonderful, and strange."
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What to Read When the Story Refuses to End

  • Jen Fawkes
  • October 1, 2021
Jen Fawkes shares a reading list to celebrate TALES THE DEVIL TOLD ME.
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To Gleam at the Periphery: Talking with Kendra DeColo

  • Preeti Vangani
  • September 8, 2021
Kendra DeColo discusses her new collection, I AM NOT TRYING TO HIDE MY HUNGERS FROM THE WORLD.
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The Power of the Word: Talking with Roberto Lovato

  • Janet Rodriguez
  • January 27, 2021
Roberto Lovato discusses his new memoir, UNFORGETTING.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Crumbs of Life”

  • Kim Adrian
  • June 29, 2020
I understand this impulse to tighten and make resistant.
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Both Ways at Once: Talking with Helen Phillips

  • Frances Yackel
  • October 9, 2019
Helen Phillips discusses her new novel, THE NEED.
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Mystery and the Unknown: Talking with Lauren Haldeman

  • S. Ferdowsi
  • April 23, 2018
Lauren Haldeman discusses her most recent poetry collection, Instead of Dying, making poetry accessible, and being open to the surprising possibilities of form.
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Notable NYC: 12/3–12/9

  • Ian MacAllen
  • December 3, 2016
  Saturday 12/3: Natalie Diaz and T’ai Freedom Ford join the Segue Series. Zinc Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5. Sunday 12/4: Jonathan Lethem discusses Italo Calvino. The Center for Fiction, 7…
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Martin Seay

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • May 25, 2016
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Martin Seay about his debut novel The Mirror Thief, the Great Work of alchemy, researching optical prosthetics, and keeping plot lines straight in a 600-page novel.
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The Rumpus Interview with Campbell McGrath

  • Julie Marie Wade
  • April 4, 2016
Campbell McGrath talks about his new collection, XX: Poems For The Twentieth Century, capitalism, history, and what it might mean to write a wordless poem.
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