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You Have to Look For It: A Conversation with Cameron Dezen Hammon

  • Madhushree Ghosh
  • January 10, 2020
Cameron Dezen Hammon discusses her debut memoir, THIS IS MY BODY.
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Deep, Wide, and Ridiculous: Talking with Diane Seuss

  • Frances Donovan
  • December 4, 2019
Diane Seuss discusses her most recent collection, STILL LIFE WITH TWO DEAD PEACOCKS AND A GIRL.
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The Rumpus Interview With Danielle Trussoni

  • David Byron Queen
  • March 3, 2017
Danielle Trussoni discusses her new memoir, The Fortress, black magic, the cult of marriage, and the dark side of storytelling.
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The Rumpus Interview with Mila Jaroniec

  • Luke Wiget
  • February 15, 2017
Mila Jaroniec talks about her debut novel Plastic Vodka Bottle Sleepover,” writing autofiction, the surprising similarity between selling sex toys and selling books, and the impact of having a baby on editing.
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Early Autobiography Gets a Boost

  • Dinah Fay
  • May 14, 2015
Margery Kempe, a 15th century mother-of-14 visited by religious visions whose autobiography is considered among the first in the English language, has just gained significant cred. For the first time,…
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Like Elsa

  • Leilani Clark
  • November 13, 2014
About twenty of us met in a Muir Woods parking lot on a cool, grey Thursday morning. We hiked up a hill for a mile or so, through Coastal Redwoods, ending up on a dusty road with only a mailbox as a signpost.
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Searching for Santería

  • Julia Cooke
  • June 26, 2014
Isnael felt spirits. That was how he first realized he had a calling, and that it was Santería.
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