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From the Archive: FUNNY WOMEN #139: Gap Year To-Do List

  • Caoilinn Hughes
  • May 6, 2022
Water is a precious resource; my portable soda stream honors that fact.
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Reality Is Changeable: Talking with Rachel Genn

  • Jo Varnish
  • December 11, 2020
Rachel Genn discusses her new novel, WHAT YOU COULD HAVE WON.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Ariel Francisco

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • May 26, 2020
Ariel Francisco discusses his new poetry collection, A SINKING SHIP IS STILL A SHIP.
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The Lenses We Can’t See: A Conversation with Howard Axelrod

  • Amy Danzer
  • February 28, 2020
Howard Axelrod discusses his new book, THE STARS IN OUR POCKETS.
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How We Write the Dead: A Conversation with Vikram Paralkar

  • Sarah Blake
  • February 17, 2020
Vikram Paralkar discusses his debut novel, NIGHT THEATER.
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Traveler in Residence

  • Jona Xhepa
  • February 6, 2020
Then a light turns on and a panic sets in, like noise: unassailable, unnameable.
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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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How to Keep Calm and Carry On

  • Moshe Schulman
  • August 2, 2018
Your mind doesn't play tricks on you. You play tricks on your mind.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Jesse Ball

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • March 21, 2018
Jesse Ball discusses his new novel, Census, the inherent sinister nature of institutions, and creating imaginary authors.
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What Appears to Be Fiction: A Conversation with Nicole Krauss

  • Alex Dueben
  • September 25, 2017
Nicole Krauss discusses her new novel Forest Dark, provoking questions about reality with her work, and trusting readers to think for themselves.
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An Erasure of Distance: Traveling in Circles with Nathan Englander

  • Ryan Krull
  • September 15, 2017
Nathan Englander talks about his new novel, Dinner at the Center of the Earth, the experience of being interviewed, and why he believes books can save lives.
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Words as Events: A Conversation with Jeff Wood

  • Selina Scheumann
  • September 1, 2017
Jeff Wood discusses The Glacier, his genre-bending book combining novel, poetry, screenplay, and collage, how heritage has become a brand, and the American Midwest.
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