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From the Archive: What It Is to Be Human: Talking with Ottessa Moshfegh

  • Maria Anderson
  • June 17, 2022
Ottessa Moshfegh discusses her new novel, MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION.
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We Are Not Gods: Talking with Elizabeth Ellen

  • Elle Nash
  • July 26, 2021
Elizabeth Ellen discusses her new story collection, HER LESSER WORK.
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The Alternative Hypotheses: A Conversation with Brandon Taylor

  • Alvin Park
  • June 23, 2021
Brandon Taylor discusses his new story collection, FILTHY ANIMALS.
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Lingering on Darkness: Sleepovers by Ashleigh Bryant Phillips

  • Alison Van Houten
  • July 15, 2020
When Ashleigh Bryant Phillips lets loose, she can shock.
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Losing the World

  • Amanda Montei
  • June 16, 2020
When we begin life, language is play.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #218: Rufi Thorpe

  • Frances Yackel
  • May 21, 2020
“It doesn’t matter your gender or your sexual orientation; you can disorder your eating.”
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Moral Fiction: Talking with Brandon Taylor

  • Monet Patrice Thomas
  • February 19, 2020
Brandon Taylor discusses his debut novel, REAL LIFE.
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How We Write the Dead: A Conversation with Vikram Paralkar

  • Sarah Blake
  • February 17, 2020
Vikram Paralkar discusses his debut novel, NIGHT THEATER.
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How Amazon Is Making Sex a Dirty Word

  • Steph Auteri
  • April 9, 2018
"[A]s long as we retain all of these conflicting ideas of what sex is, and what it means to us, sex will always sell—until it's inconvenient."
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Everyone Loves the Pope

  • Julianne Neely
  • October 2, 2017
My lover became the Pope. It was the twenty-tens and the Catholic Church wanted to rebrand with Newport cigarettes and Hermes chiseled calves.
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What to Read When You Want to Understand Middle America

  • The Rumpus
  • June 23, 2017
A list of books about middle America that can, maybe, help us understand some of the stories we tell about ourselves about ourselves.
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Just Chaste Me

  • Diane Shipley
  • June 1, 2017
The more first-time stories I heard, the longer I was willing to wait.
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