The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Gene Kwak
Gene Kwak discusses his debut novel, GO HOME, RICKY!
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Posts Tagged: mothers and sons
Rumpus Exclusive: “The Human”
Man was living on the moon but Medicare was still a disaster.
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Voices on Addiction: Safety in a Blue Light
Television babysat our family—our thirteen-channel set, reception via a rooftop antenna.
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Uncollapsing Memory: A Conversation with Vince Granata
Vince Granata discusses his debut memoir, EVERYTHING IS FINE.
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A Love That Leaves Scars: With Teeth by Kristen Arnett
Reading Kristen Arnett’s With Teeth is like taking an afternoon drive down the I-4 of my memory.
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Reimagining the Whole Damn World: A Conversation with Sonora Jha
Sonora Jha discusses her new book, HOW TO RAISE A FEMINIST SON.
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On Resilience, Tender Rituals, and Responsible Love: Talking with Kiese Laymon
Kiese Laymon discusses the revised HOW TO SLOWLY KILL YOURSELF AND OTHERS IN AMERICA.
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The Lure of the Process: Talking with Chang-rae Lee
Chang-rae Lee discusses his new novel, MY YEAR ABROAD.
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Where Words Often Fail: Talking with Bryan Washington
Bryan Washington discusses his new novel, MEMORIAL.
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Voices on Addiction: Letting It Suck
The thing we most had in common was that none of us wanted to be there.
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Trauma as Inheritance: Adam P. Frankel’s The Survivors
The survivor is left to ponder whom he has become.
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Cultural Attunement and “Otherness”: A Conversation with Aimee Liu
Aimee Liu discusses her new novel, GLORIOUS BOY.
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Arrest Record
A Black boy, no matter how young, was not a child. He was a future criminal.
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Father Time Is Undefeated
It’s a strange thing, seeing a reliable machine fail. Seeing a hero crash to earth.
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“Close to You”: A Family’s Love, Depression, and Grief
In my hands is the record of my youth.
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Strip District Meats
Already, at nine, my son knows that eating makes me happy.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Call It Courage”
She was living in little shack balanced among the branches of a tree.
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A Modern-Day Witch: Talking Augusten Burroughs
Augusten Burroughs discusses his new memoir, TOIL & TROUBLE.
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Doesn’t It Keep You Up at Night?
The dark holds me as long as I will let it.
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We’re All Fighting: A Conversation with Saeed Jones
Saeed Jones discusses his new memoir, HOW WE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES.
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The Language of Grief: Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li
To grieve is to demonstrate dedication to those we love.
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Beginning Again: Ocean Vuong’s On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous
For Little Dog, putting language to memory becomes a way to survive.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Habitat
The airless bubble expanding over their yard now included him. He could hardly breathe.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Forty-Six
Waiting to turn forty-six is like standing in the unrelenting sunshine.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Michele Filgate
Michele Filgate discusses WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #175: Mira Jacob
“I wanted it to feel like it was done with urgency because it was.”
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ENOUGH: Eating Toast and Talking about Sexual Assault
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Intersecting and Diverging Narratives: Talking with Michele Filgate
Michele Filgate discusses her forthcoming anthology, WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Music and Me”
Music has haunted me my whole life.
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