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Motivation and Humanity: A Conversation with Carrie La Seur

  • Christine Sneed
  • March 16, 2018
Carrie La Seur discusses her new novel, The Weight of an Infinite Sky, standing up for what you know is right, and the writers who inspire her.
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Hopper V. Ribbit

  • Brandon Hicks
  • January 14, 2018
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Sunday Rumpus Poetry: Six Erasure Poems by Alison Thumel

  • Alison Thumel
  • March 26, 2017
Give amnesty. / Which birthright / is perpetual / and whose is made? / One sentence / should be kept: / I had a body / to believe.
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The Rumpus Interview with Emily Raboteau

  • Gina Prescott
  • December 28, 2016
Emily Raboteau discusses her essay, “Know Your Rights!” from the collection, The Fire This Time, what she loves about motherhood, and why it’s time for White America to get uncomfortable.
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Reading the Fine Print

  • Ian MacAllen
  • April 5, 2016
Traditional publishers provide many services for authors, including fact-checking and obtaining permission for intellectual property. Self-publishing platforms don’t provide these services, and because of a recent court ruling, aren’t responsible…
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The Non-Fiction Dilemma

  • Lyz Lenz
  • September 18, 2014
Ever wonder how to write about other people without getting sued? Well, here are some answers. Another flavor of invasion of privacy is called false light. Suppose you post a…
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The Rumpus Interview with Morris Ratner

  • Beverly Parayno
  • August 19, 2014
Trailblazing lawyer and professor Morris Ratner speaks to the Rumpus about the historic lawsuits against banks that profited from the Holocaust.
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Telling Digital Stories in the Classroom

  • Lyz Lenz
  • August 14, 2014
A communications law professor offers this tale of integrating digital storytelling in the classroom: After all, we tell our students in courses focusing on skills that online tools are excellent…
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The Rumpus Interview with Frank H. Wu

  • Beverly Parayno
  • July 30, 2013
Frank H. Wu, the Chancellor and Dean of UC Hastings College of the Law, talks about writing, race, assimilation, his hometown of Detroit, and the similarities between the Vincent Chin and Trayvon Martin cases.
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On Loitering

  • Steven Church
  • May 16, 2013
In Charles Moore’s iconic black-and-white photograph, Coretta looks on stoically, lips parted, hands clasped in front as her husband, Martin Luther King, has his right arm bent behind his back…
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On “Proper” English and Objective Legislation

  • Walter Gordon
  • July 17, 2012
It’s no secret that English is a constantly shifting, malleable, many-headed beast of a language, yet, much of the time, writers and speakers insist emphatically on obeying its many ostensibly…
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Child Witnesses

  • Lisa Dusenbery
  • August 18, 2011
“Today children of any age can be called to give evidence as their competence depends upon their understanding not their age.” But that has not always been the case; before…
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