Myth Remaking
For Lit Hub, Michele Filgate interviews Lidia Yuknavitch on her new novel, The Small Backs of Children, to explore the idea of new symbols and mythology for contemporary culture: I’m not clear…
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The Rumpus Interview with Lidia Yuknavitch
Lidia Yuknavitch discusses her latest book, The Small Backs of Children, war, art, the chaos of experience, and that photograph of the vulture stalking the dying child in the Sudan that won the Pulitzer Prize.
Grief Turned Into Writing
Trauma brought me to the page, it is that simple. It’s a familiar story to hear writers becoming inspired over suffering, but it’s rare to read about it with precision.…
The Small Backs of Children by Lidia Yuknavitch
Genevieve Hudson reviews The Small Backs of Children by Lidia Yuknavitch today in Rumpus Books.
No Comment
An hour later. Still empty. This bothers me. I am embarrassed that it bothers me. But not embarrassed enough that it stops me from checking again.
How Women Write About Sex
Do women have more trouble writing about sex than men? Claire Dederer, writing in the Atlantic, thinks so. As a writer, I find myself compelled to reconcile the blithe sexual picaresque…
Literary Friendships
Rumpus interviews editor Rebecca Rubenstein has an awesome interview with Cheryl Strayed (a.k.a. Dear Sugar), Lidia Yuknavitch, and Suzy Vitello at BuzzFeed Books. They discuss how they make and sustain…
The Next Letter in the Mail: Lidia Yuknavitch
This week’s Letter in the Mail is from our beloved Lidia Yuknavitch! If you want to receive her letter, please subscribe by noon PST today! Lidia is a longtime Rumpus contributor and interviewee (for…
The Rumpus Interview with Elizabeth Scarboro and Lidia Yuknavitch
Both Yuknavitch and Scarboro, whose books echo each other in interesting ways, were willing to talk with me about this question of what to do with memoir, and much more.
“Dora,” by Lidia Yuknavitch
Lidia Yuknavitch's Dora: A Headcase is an uncomfortable, edgy, affecting novel. The Chronology of Water had the same charge: take challenging subject matter and build a narrative akin to unpacking tension-wracked nesting dolls, cumulative sadness and worry with each new section.
Weekend Rumpus Roundup
Need to catch up on Rumpus features from this weekend? We’ve got you covered. “I evaded capture and the result became six month’s worth of daily mail: false reports, found…
The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Kat Meads
Lidia Yuknavitch talks with her former Chiasmus author, Kat Meads, about her new novel, For You, Madam Lenin, plots a publishing revolution, and asks, "Is feminism dead or just in dire need of a blow job?"