Mexico Archives - The Rumpus

Telling our necessary truths: A Conversation with Janet Rodriguez

Only after this memoir was I able to see the Kafka truth: We are telling our necessary truths. We are the necessary heroes of our own narratives. Somewhere inside all of it, there is a collective truth, one we can safely tell.

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Becoming American in the Age of Trump

How does one come to feel American in the eyes of others?

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Writing to Heal: Talking with Emilly Prado

Emilly Prado discusses her debut essay collection, FUNERAL FOR FLACA.

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Voices on Addiction: Semillas

I grieve my father’s disembodiment. It is my grief inheritance.

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Rumpus Original Fiction: Sin Miedo

Just the two of us. Daddy and me. Charro and escaramuza.

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Nepantla and Radical Empathy: Talking with Sergio Troncoso

Sergio Troncoso discusses his new anthology, NEPANTLA FAMILIAS.

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A Space of Unknowing: Talking with Gabriela Garcia

Gabriela Garcia discusses her debut novel, OF WOMEN AND SALT.

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Rumpus Original

My Boyfriend, His Lover, and Me

There is nothing I want more than a happy ending.

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Disrupting Language Hierarchies: Talking with Judith Santopietro

Judith Santopietro discusses TIAWANAKU. POEMAS DE LA MADRE COQA/POEMS FROM THE MOTHER COQA.

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Constant Motion: Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

More than a longing for an origin story, Hernandez Castillo’s memoir is an attempt to bring the invisible to light.

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Both Past and Present: A Conversation with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

Poet Marcelo Hernandez Castillo discusses his debut memoir, CHILDREN OF THE LAND.

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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #196: Alan Chazaro

“[P]art of writing is cementing some sort of memory.”

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