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The Saturday Rumpus Interview: Vivian Lee

As an editor of color, one advantage I have is that writers of color are comfortable knowing I’m not asking for edits to artificially enhance or to cover up their race. It’s not weird to me that their characters look like them.

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Among the Wild Mulattos and Other Tales by Tom Williams

Michael Copperman reviews Among the Wild Mulattos and Other Tales by Tom Williams.

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The Gift of Gratefulness

The worst insult people hurl at adoptees is that they are “ungrateful” and should “go back” (to their “own” countries, to their old families). That is the moment when adoption…

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The Weight of the Future, the Emptiness of the Past

I am reminded of how we know something is there, sometimes, by its absence, how dark matter is said to exist because of so much missing mass.

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How Do You Contend with the Hubris?

For Salon, Teddy Wayne interviews six prominent authors on what has shaped their thoughts into word: with Lauren Groff, Alexandra Kleeman, Helen Phillips, Matthew Salesses, Steve Toltz, and Claire Vaye…

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Plot and Prejudice

At Electric Literature, Matthew Salesses discusses the works of Joseph Conrad and Flannery O’Connor to explore the problem of unconscious prejudice and unintentional racism in writing, and how writers can…

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Letters Blog

Next Letter in the Mail: Matthew Salesses

We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail, and it’s from author Matthew Salesses! Matthew writes to us about equality, possibilities, and missing Linsanity. And we’re offering a…

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The Rumpus Three-Way Interview: An Incomplete Catharsis

Carmiel Banasky, Alexandra Kleeman, and Matthew Salesses on their new novels, writing from a place of tension, and how our writing changes as we do.

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Let’s Get Cozy: A Letters in the Mail Special Promotion

The cool weather is approaching and The Rumpus wants to help you curl up with a good book! Purchase a yearly Letters in the Mail subscription anytime during the month of September, and you’ll receive…

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The Hundred-Year Flood by Matthew Salesses

Scott Onak reviews The Hundred Year Flood by Matthew Salesses today in Rumpus Books.

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Ask, Tell

Rumpus contributor Matthew Salesses posts his first essay as Insight Editor for The Offing: a rumination on racial awareness in 2015.

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The Importance of Diversity in Workshop

Workshop can be a stressful experience for anyone, but it can be especially stressful for a person of color. Matthew Salesses wrote this piece for NPR, highlighting the importance of…

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