The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Lindsay Merbaum
“It was like wandering through my own labyrinth.”
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...moreAvni Vyas discusses her debut poetry collection, LITTLE GOD.
...moreJ. Nicole Jones discusses her debut memoir, LOW COUNTRY.
...moreRoberto Lovato discusses his new memoir, UNFORGETTING.
...moreMarci Calabretta Cancio-Bello discusses her debut poetry collection, HOUR OF THE OX.
...moreMary-Kim Arnold discusses her new poetry collection, THE FISH & THE DOVE.
...moreWhat a strange depiction. Mary, mother of Jesus, covered in hair.
...moreIan Morris discusses his new novel, SIMPLE MACHINES.
...more“Categories are, by definition, externally created and applied.”
...more“I think if you are really doing the work, you can’t write about America and not explore race and slavery, and that goes for any writer.”
...moreSequoia Nagamatsu discusses his debut collection Where We Go When All We Were Is Gone, grief as a character, and the intersection of ancient myth and the modern world.
...moreI met Deborah Kampmeier at a workshop in November. We were two weeks post-election; the room was raw with emotion, and electric with conversations about resistance. This tall, badass woman dressed in all black sauntered into the room, and chose a seat at the table. When she read, my solar plexus exploded, and I couldn’t stop […]
...moreMicah Perks talks about her new novel, What Becomes Us, America’s cultural and mythical heritage, and why every novel is a political novel.
...moreIf you recall your Greek mythology, you’ll remember Cassandra, princess of Troy, priestess of Apollo, seer of prophecies, and patron saint of women everywhere screaming themselves blue but never being heard. Cassandra’s prophecies unfailingly proved to be true, but still she was seen as insane by her family and the Trojan people and, in some […]
...moreAndré Alexis discusses his latest book The Hidden Keys, puzzles, chance, divinity, and the Toronto literary community.
...moreHalloween comes early with Jezebel’s annual Spooky Story Contest, where readers leave their terrifying tales in the comments (they can also be emailed to [email protected]). Other than that, the rules are are as follows: 1) The story must be true, and 2) The story must be scary. Fans of Creepypasta, Channel Zero, and all manner […]
...moreExperimental philosopher Jonathon Keats discusses Buckminster Fuller, three-wheeled cars, domed cities, climate change, and cameras with a 100-year exposure time.
...moreWriter and historian Minsoo Kang talks about his new translation of The Story of Hong Gildong, a touchstone novel of Korea written in the 19th century.
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