To Account for a Life: Talking with Jameson Fitzpatrick
Jameson Fitzpatrick discusses their debut full-length poetry collection, PRICKS IN THE TAPESTRY.
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Writing for a Trans Audience: Talking with Torrey Peters
Torrey Peters discusses her debut novel, DETRANSITION, BABY.
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The Violent and the Sensual: original kink by Jubi Arriola-Headley
Violence can be turned around, turned into pleasure, or an act of freedom, or an act of defiance.
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Life Gets in the Way: Talking with Emily Hashimoto
Emily Hashimoto discusses her debut novel, A WORLD BETWEEN.
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The Fluidity of Language and Identity: Melissa Faliveno’s Tomboyland
When was the first time you remember seeing yourself in a book you were reading?
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore discusses her new book, THE FREEZER DOOR.
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What Am I Fighting For?: A Conversation with Deborah A. Miranda
Deborah A. Miranda discusses her new collection of poetry, ALTAR FOR BROKEN THINGS.
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My Boyfriend, His Lover, and Me
There is nothing I want more than a happy ending.
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Presence: The Heartspeak of Indigenous Poets: Mason J.
Tanaya Winder and Cuauhtémoc Peranda co-curate exclusive poetry to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.
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Holding Uncertainty: Talking with Teresa Carmody
Teresa Carmody discusses her debut novel, THE RECONCEPTION OF MARIE.
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Presence: The Heartspeak of Indigenous Poets: syan jay
Tanaya Winder and Cuauhtémoc Peranda co-curate exclusive poetry to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.
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Documenting Existence: Deed by Justin Wymer
Wymer is grappling with survival, with the cost of the duplicity of identity.
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The Best of Brevity: A Roundtable Discussion on Flash Nonfiction
With Deesha Philyaw, Jaquira Díaz, Danielle Gellar, and Torrey Peters.
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A Chorus of Voices: Talking with Melissa Faliveno
Melissa Faliveno discusses her debut essay collection, TOMBOYLAND.
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Presence: The Heartspeak of Indigenous Poets: Autumn White Eyes
Tanaya Winder and Cuauhtémoc Peranda co-curate exclusive poetry to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.
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Identity Politics and the English Language: Naoise Dolan’s Exciting Times
Who “owns” the English language?
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Presence: The Heartspeak of Indigenous Poets: Cuauhtémoc Peranda
Tanaya Winder and Cuauhtémoc Peranda co-curate exclusive poetry to celebrate Native American Heritage Month.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Sarah M. Sala
“A poem is like a vision test—its vision is either clear or it’s not.”
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Where Words Often Fail: Talking with Bryan Washington
Bryan Washington discusses his new novel, MEMORIAL.
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The Cost of Liberation: Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Patsy’s imagined freedom in America, she discovers almost immediately, was an illusion.
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The Sound of Beginning: Birthright by George Abraham
These poems present a challenge to the typically imposed strictures of ownership, narrative, and solution.
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The Price of Acceptance
I knew my mother would be surprised. I didn’t know she’d be horrified.
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Completely Embodied: Talking with K-Ming Chang
K-Ming Chang discusses her debut novel, BESTIARY.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Alison Stine
Alison Stine discusses her new novel, ROAD OUT OF WINTER.
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Girl Power: Quan Barry’s We Ride Upon Sticks
But this is We Ride Upon Sticks: someone’s perm falls out, someone becomes prom queen.
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The Dead Speak to the Living: Talking with Francisco Aragón
Francisco Aragón discusses his new book, AFTER RUBÉN.
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Setting Yourself Free: A Conversation with Alisson Wood
Alisson Wood discusses her debut memoir, BEING LOLITA.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #230: Carley Moore
“I like to tell my secrets.”
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Benjamin Garcia
Benjamin Garcia discusses his debut poetry collection, THROWN IN THE THROAT.
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Bring the Inward Outward: Talking with Greg Mania
Greg Mania discusses his debut memoir, BORN TO BE PUBLIC.
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