The Tragedy of Hope: Talking with Willa C. Richards
Willa C. Richards discusses her debut novel, THE COMFORT OF MONSTERS.
...moreWilla C. Richards discusses her debut novel, THE COMFORT OF MONSTERS.
...moreVince Granata discusses his debut memoir, EVERYTHING IS FINE.
...moreJennifer Pashley discusses her new novel, THE WATCHER.
...moreMal’ Atta attacked with a slew of sensory assaults.
...moreIt was personal, as the detectives on my favorite shows always said.
...more“Everything in my life is basically a scribble.”
...moreVikram Paralkar discusses his debut novel, NIGHT THEATER.
...moreThey say she bathed in our blood.
...moreCha constructs a Los Angeles sharply different from most representations of the city.
...moreEmma Copley Eisenberg discusses THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL.
...moreLeigh Camacho Rourks discusses her debut story collection MOON TREES AND OTHER ORPHANS.
...moreWhite Castle or McDonald’s? Death always made her hungry.
...more“I hope it will mean as much to readers as it does to me.”
...moreSimplicity obfuscates itself by the very act of being observed.
...moreI couldn’t help but see these women-led stories as missed opportunities.
...moreThe process of guiding people to speak their truths was isolating.
...moreLooking back, it feels like I knew.
...moreNeed is blind and will not see.
...moreI’ve seen them in the post office, or stapled to utility poles, fluttering in the evening breeze.
...moreA Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
...moreDoesn’t murder exclude a person from being described as “a good guy”?
...moreAmber Tamblyn discusses her new book, Any Man, cultural myths, obsessions, and crime.
...moreRumpus editors share their favorite fiction, poetry, and nonfiction books that deal with crime, criminals, and the criminal justice system.
...moreDeath stigmatizes a property. I also believe that it stigmatizes a person.
...moreTori Telfer discusses her first book Lady Killers and the fragile “social saran wrap” that keeps us all from killing each other.
...moreAlexandria 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.
...moreMaybe 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.
...moreCritics have noted how The Keepers is similar to other prestige documentaries but with a significant difference—its focus on the victims and their stories.
...moreOne story mirrors our identity—any of us could be falsely accused! The other tale is about the Other—because it’s unfathomable that one of us would commit murder. We aren’t killers; they are.
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