Rumpus Exclusive: “The Beautiful Dead”
It was personal, as the detectives on my favorite shows always said.
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Posts Tagged: murder
The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #215: Traci Brimhall
“Everything in my life is basically a scribble.”
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How We Write the Dead: A Conversation with Vikram Paralkar
Vikram Paralkar discusses his debut novel, NIGHT THEATER.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “We Were Alive”
They say she bathed in our blood.
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Stay Free: Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha
Cha constructs a Los Angeles sharply different from most representations of the city.
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No One Is Disposable: Talking with Emma Copley Eisenberg
Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Leigh Camacho Rourks
Leigh Camacho Rourks discusses her debut story collection MOON TREES AND OTHER ORPHANS.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “The Hunger”
White Castle or McDonald’s? Death always made her hungry.
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The Rumpus Interview Mini-Interview Project #196: Cathy Ulrich
“I hope it will mean as much to readers as it does to me.”
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Nothing Ever Disappears: Pigs by Johanna Stoberock
Simplicity obfuscates itself by the very act of being observed.
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The Fantasy of the Femme Fatale
I couldn’t help but see these women-led stories as missed opportunities.
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A Friend in the Dark
The process of guiding people to speak their truths was isolating.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Basement
Looking back, it feels like I knew.
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All You Need: The Summer of Love and the Manson Family Murders
Need is blind and will not see.
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The Thread: Near Miss
I’ve seen them in the post office, or stapled to utility poles, fluttering in the evening breeze.
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ENOUGH: Rescue Me
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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A Real Good Guy
Doesn’t murder exclude a person from being described as “a good guy”?
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The Violence of Women: Talking with Amber Tamblyn
Amber Tamblyn discusses her new book, Any Man, cultural myths, obsessions, and crime.
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What to Read When You’re Feeling like a Criminal
Rumpus editors share their favorite fiction, poetry, and nonfiction books that deal with crime, criminals, and the criminal justice system.
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R.I.P.: Who Died in This House?
Death stigmatizes a property. I also believe that it stigmatizes a person.
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Lady Killers and Our Obsession with Murder: Talking with Tori Telfer
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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The Logic of the Book: Talking with Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
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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Run for Her Life
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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How The Keepers Reframes Confession as a Feminist Act
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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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: We Aren’t Killers; They Are
One 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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Conversations with Literary Ex-Cons: Billy Sinclair
Former death-row inmate, legendary jailhouse lawyer, and co-editor for the award-winning The Angolite newspaper Billy Sinclair looks back on his prison experience and discusses what his priorities are now.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Jon Raymond
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Jon Raymond about his new novel Freebird, intergenerational trauma, and the unshakeable love of family.
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Sand Becoming Glass
You can call a soldier a hero or a murderer. You can call them a warrior or a monster. You can call them savior or Satan. You could call them Brother. Maybe even mother.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Iben Mondrup and Kerri Pierce
Iben Mondrup and Kerri Pierce discuss the translation of Justine, Mondrup’s 2012 Danish novel about a young artist in Denmark.
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