The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #217: Sue William Silverman
“Our memories are always in flux.”
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Posts Tagged: language
Poetry as Archeology: Talking with Roy G. Guzmán
Roy G. Guzmán discusses their debut collection, CATRACHOS.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “The Arrogance of Style”
Dickens and the Brontës did it; so can you!
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Living to Survive: Bodega by Su Hwang
Bodega is one of the most experimental and ambitious projects that I have encountered.
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Ways to Become Unpinnable: Talking with Natalie Diaz
Natalie Diaz discusses her new collection, POSTCOLONIAL LOVE POEM.
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A Space for Magnanimity: Talking with E. J. Koh
E. J. Koh discusses her debut memoir, THE MAGICAL LANGUAGE OF OTHERS.
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Poetics of Lineage
I see the birds. I feel my body, splitting from its spirit, lying in the grass.
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The Beat of the Poem: Talking with Tatiana Figueroa Ramirez
Tatiana Figueroa Ramirez discusses her debut poetry collection, COCONUT CURLS Y CAFÉ CON LECHE.
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Keeping Yiddish Alive: A Conversation with Josh Lambert
Josh Lambert discusses the anthology HOW YIDDISH CHANGED AMERICA AND HOW AMERICA CHANGED YIDDISH.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with María Sonia Cristoff and Katherine Silver
Author María Sonia Cristoff and translator Katherine Silver discuss INCLUDE ME OUT.
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Body of Nonsense
It is winter, and I’ve been thinking a lot about Samuel Beckett.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Ojalá
There is an irony that sometimes rings Mona like a bell.
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To the Moon: Talking with Heather Christle
Heather Christle discusses her debut work of nonfiction, THE CRYING BOOK.
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Beginning Again: Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
For Little Dog, putting language to memory becomes a way to survive.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #188: T Fleischmann
“Time is really weird and fascinating.”
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On the Futility of Defying Extinction
Always, when my father spoke to me in words I could not understand, my guilt spoke back.
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A Rare Bird in the World: Talking with Birute Putrius
Birute Putrius discusses her second novel, THE LAST BOOK SMUGGLER.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Natalie Scenters-Zapico
Natalie Scenters-Zapico discusses her new collection, LIMA :: LIMÓN.
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My Summers of Work, Revolution, and Love
Mah taught me that love wasn’t only rebellious, it was also tenacious.
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Language of Love
Speaking other languages can save your life. It can give you a new life.
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Through the Translator’s Lens: Ewa Hryniewicz-Yarbrough’s Objects of Affection
For Hryniewicz-Yarbrough, language provides a stronger connection with the past than nationality alone.
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I Assimilate into Mere Bubbles
It’s subtle, the violence of language.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Mariana Dimópulos and Alice Whitmore
Author Mariana Dimópulos and translator Alice Whitmore discuss ALL MY GOODBYES.
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We Are Natural Creatures: Talking with Karen Solie
“At the limit of language we meet our mortality.”
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Tsitsi Dangarembga
Tsitsi Dangarembga discusses her new novel, THIS MOURNABLE BODY.
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A Haunted Reality: Jac Jemc’s The Grip of It
The narration isn’t dispassionate, but there’s a distance.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Justin Phillip Reed
Justin Phillip Reed on his debut collection, Indecency, why he loves struggling with connotation, and the irresponsibility of American society.
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