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All Writing Is Political: A Conversation with Mohsin Hamid

Mohsin Hamid discusses his new novel, Exit West, hope in fiction as a form of resistance, the necessity of learning to accept social change, and how much America and Pakistan have come to resemble each other.

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Saturday Rumpus Poetry: A Poem-Review of Milk Black Carbon and Whereas

And in the silence of the night the small sound of small feet making their way into words.

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The Dark Heart of America: On David Grann’s Killers of the Flower Moon

David Grann's new book Killers of the Flower Moon explores the 1920s murders of the Osage tribe, the making of the FBI, and is a reminder of the all too recent history of betrayals that comprise America’s dark heart.

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The Rumpus Saturday Essay: The Savage Mind, Pt. 3

To deny violence is to do it. Our surprise at Sandy Hook and Cold Springs and Columbine is a form of violence in its own right.

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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: The Savage Mind, Pt. 2

There isn’t even a discussion. There aren’t any words. You just start swinging—the building is a fence, your cousins are a fence. The two of you are surrounded. There’s no escape for either of you.

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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: The Savage Mind, Pt. 1

The violence came in and we were not just in danger of being victims of it. We were in danger of being violent ourselves.

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Corinne Lee and Finding an Antidote to America’s Toxicity

Poet Corinne Lee on writing her epic book-length poem Plenty and finding new ways to live in a rapidly changing world.

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The Rumpus Interview with Melissa Febos

Melissa Febos discusses Abandon Me, confessional writing, Billie Holiday, reenacting trauma, cataloguing narratives, and searching for identity.

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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: The Living Wound

Ancestors need a scratch, a stretch sometimes, too.

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The Saturday Rumpus Essay: Nádleehí: One Who Changes

I am scared. I will continue to be scared. I am scared that, one day, I will not be able to run as fast as my dad who eluded rocks and a tire iron.

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Poetry

14 Possibilities of Native Poetry

Natalie Diaz, Featured Guest Editor for the January edition of Connotation Press, has curated a portfolio titled “14 Possibilities of Native Poetry.” In her introduction she poses the question, What is Native…

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Weekend Rumpus Roundup

First, Ruby Hansen Murray explores the surreal landscapes of historic Native American locations turned educational tourist hotspots in the Saturday Rumpus Essay, as she journeys with the Osage Nation Historical…

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