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The Rumpus Interview with Jerald Walker

Jerald Walker discusses his memoir, The World in Flames: A Black Boyhood in a White Supremacist Doomsday Cult, the story of his childhood in The Worldwide Church of God, and how the act of writing delivered him from bitterness.

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Sirens by Joshua Mohr

Charles Kruger reviews Sirens by Joshua Mohr today in Rumpus Books.

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The Rumpus Interview with Jessica Valenti

Jessica Valenti discusses her memoir, Sex Object, how the experiences she touches on in her book shaped her, and how she discovered herself outside of those experiences.

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The Rumpus Interview with Roxane Gay

Roxane Gay discusses her new collection, Difficult Women, the problem with whiteness as the default and the need for diverse representation, and life as a workaholic.

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FUNNY WOMEN #148: The Hindenburg Review Writers’ Workshop

Welcome to the Hindenburg Review Writers’ Workshop!

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Features & Reviews

This Week in Books: Civilianized: A Young Veteran’s Memoir

Welcome to This Week in Books, where we highlight books just released by small and independent presses. Books have always been a symbol for and means of spreading knowledge and…

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The Rumpus Interview with Patrick Ryan

Patrick Ryan discusses his new collection The Dream Life of Astronauts, the “bad old days,” and the human need to believe that everything will turn out okay in the end (even when we know it won’t).

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #64: Lianne Stokes

Hi there! We’re the two brunettes who hate sex. Sara-Kate hates sex because it’s too aerobic—she once sprained her foot. She lives in Kips Bay, loves candy, and wears exclusively…

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The Rumpus Interview with Kerry and Tyler Cohen

Sisters and collaborators Kerry and Tyler Cohen talk about their new book Girl Trouble: An Illustrated Memoir, female friendships, and some of the challenges of writing memoir.

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #63: Patrick Madden

Patrick Madden teaches writing at Brigham Young University and is the author of the essay collection Quotidiana. His essays frequently appear in literary magazines and have been featured in The Best…

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Other

This Week in Essays

At Lit Hub, Jonathan Reiber, a former speechwriter for the Obama administration, weighs our souls and our words during this political transition. Chivas Sandage writes for The Rumpus about helping the…

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Is It My Story or Yours?

Our family stories mutate with every retelling across the generations like a game of telephone, until the thin, sharp line of fact becomes frayed and hazy.

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