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Turning and Turning: Jericho Brown’s The Tradition

  • Rebecca Lehmann
  • November 8, 2019
[T]his is a book in direct conversation with literary tradition.
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The Brink of Unbearable: Careen by Grace Shuyi Liew

  • Risa Denenberg
  • October 25, 2019
[I]t is as if I am learning a new language with each poem.
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What to Read When You’re Mad Enough to Burn It Down

  • Lilly Dancyger
  • October 11, 2019
Lilly Dancyger shares a reading list to celebrate BURN IT DOWN: WOMEN WRITING ABOUT ANGER.
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We’re All Fighting: A Conversation with Saeed Jones

  • Naya Clark
  • October 7, 2019
Saeed Jones discusses his new memoir, HOW WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES.
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The Mentor Series: Vanessa Hua and Susan Straight

  • Vanessa Hua
  • August 19, 2019
Vanessa Hua interviews her mentor, Susan Straight.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Nicole Dennis-Benn

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • June 19, 2019
Nicole Dennis-Benn discusses her second novel, PATSY.
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When the Sh*t Hits the Fan: A Conversation with Percival Everett

  • Douglas Manuel
  • April 15, 2019
Percival Everett discusses his newest work, THE BOOK OF TRAINING BY COLONEL HAP THOMPSON.
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What to Read When You’re Afraid of Growing Up

  • Kendra Allen
  • April 5, 2019
Kendra Allen shares a reading list to celebrate her debut essay collection, WHEN YOU LEARN THE ALPHABET.
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The Last Poem I Loved: “Caligulan” by Ernest Hilbert

  • John Wall Barger
  • March 14, 2019
Now we are untethered, which is disquieting.
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Letters in the Early Light of Morning

  • Ira Sukrungruang
  • February 19, 2019
Maybe you have come to save us. From what? From ourselves.
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What to Read When You’re Coming of [Old] Age

  • Madeleine May Kunin
  • January 25, 2019
Governor Madeleine Kunin shares a list of books to celebrate her new memoir, COMING OF AGE.
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Sweet Bird

  • Lesley Jenike
  • November 29, 2018
Every story needs to begin in a place of stasis, a comfortable zero.
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