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I was able to visualize my hometown so much more keenly, having not lived there in fifteen years. I believe it allowed me to write about the place with a little bit more compassion than if I had tried to write these books living there.
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Willa C. Richards discusses her debut novel, THE COMFORT OF MONSTERS.
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Vince Granata discusses his debut memoir, EVERYTHING IS FINE.
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Jennifer Pashley discusses her new novel, THE WATCHER.
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Mal’ Atta attacked with a slew of sensory assaults.
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It was personal, as the detectives on my favorite shows always said.
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“Everything in my life is basically a scribble.”
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Vikram Paralkar discusses his debut novel, NIGHT THEATER.
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They say she bathed in our blood.
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Cha constructs a Los Angeles sharply different from most representations of the city.
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Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL.
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Leigh Camacho Rourks discusses her debut story collection MOON TREES AND OTHER ORPHANS.
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White Castle or McDonald’s? Death always made her hungry.
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“I hope it will mean as much to readers as it does to me.”
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Simplicity obfuscates itself by the very act of being observed.
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I couldn’t help but see these women-led stories as missed opportunities.
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The process of guiding people to speak their truths was isolating.
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Looking back, it feels like I knew.
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Need is blind and will not see.
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I’ve seen them in the post office, or stapled to utility poles, fluttering in the evening breeze.
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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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Doesn’t murder exclude a person from being described as “a good guy”?
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Amber Tamblyn discusses her new book, Any Man, cultural myths, obsessions, and crime.
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Rumpus editors share their favorite fiction, poetry, and nonfiction books that deal with crime, criminals, and the criminal justice system.
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Death stigmatizes a property. I also believe that it stigmatizes a person.
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Tori Telfer discusses her first book Lady Killers and the fragile “social saran wrap” that keeps us all from killing each other.
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Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich discusses The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir, the importance of narrative structure, and the difference between facts and stories.
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Maybe you didn’t remember to get out of his way while pretending to be brave. It’s hard to be brave when you think a man is about to kill you.
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Critics have noted how The Keepers is similar to other prestige documentaries but with a significant difference—its focus on the victims and their stories.
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