The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Mike Alberti
“I think about loss as echoes or circular structures.”
...more“I think about loss as echoes or circular structures.”
...moreCortney Lamar Charleston discusses his new poetry collection, DOPPELGANGBANGER.
...moreWhere my masculinity dwells, I am in control.
...more“I always knew I wanted to write a queer saint holy book.”
...moreLanguage enacts violence through manipulation.
...moreEnzo Silon Surin discusses his debut poetry collection, WHEN MY BODY WAS A CLINCHED FIST.
...moreMatthew Baker discusses his new story collection, WHY VISIT AMERICA.
...more“I’m interested in beautiful events that are wrong.”
...moreSzczepan Twardoch discusses his novel, THE KING OF WARSAW.
...moreCooper Lee Bombardier discusses his first book, PASS WITH CARE: MEMOIRS.
...moreIt is an unimaginable gift until you’ve done it, shaving off a self.
...moreGirlhood remains, like the land, a constant site of male fascination, desire, and violence.
...moreIf the art of drag has taught me one thing, it’s that I am not unique.
...moreBishakh Som discusses her debut graphic story collection, APSARA ENGINE.
...moreDaniel Chacón discusses his new collection, KAFKA IN A SKIRT: STORIES FROM THE WALL®.
...moreTatyana Fazlalizadeh discusses her new book, STOP TELLING WOMEN TO SMILE.
...moreI still had the dress and decided to wear it.
...more“[P]art of writing is cementing some sort of memory.”
...moreDishonesty became a form of protection.
...moreSaeed Jones discusses his new memoir, HOW WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES.
...moreYou could be wrong. You’re not, but you could be.
...moreJake Skeets discusses his debut poetry collection, EYES BOTTLE DARK WITH A MOUTHFUL OF FLOWERS.
...morePatrick Coleman discusses his debut novel, THE CHURCHGOER.
...moreWhy, in art of all things, should we ignore the intuition of the body?
...morePaul Crenshaw discusses his debut essay collection, THIS ONE WILL HURT YOU.
...moreGarrard Conley and Taylor Larsen discuss their recent work.
...moreIt’s just their story, and we don’t have to believe a word of it.
...moreDave Cullen discusses his new book, PARKLAND: BIRTH OF A MOVEMENT.
...moreTessa Fontaine discusses her debut memoir, THE ELECTRIC WOMAN.
...moreJames Hornor discusses his new novel, VICTORIA FALLS.
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