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Moral Fiction: Talking with Brandon Taylor

  • Monet Patrice Thomas
  • February 19, 2020
Brandon Taylor discusses his debut novel, REAL LIFE.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “We Were Alive”

  • Gayle Brandeis
  • January 27, 2020
They say she bathed in our blood.
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Writing Resistance: A Conversation with J. Kasper Kramer

  • Sarah Einstein
  • December 6, 2019
J. Kasper Kramer discusses her debut novel, THE STORY THAT CANNOT BE TOLD.
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Equal Rights Never Go out of Style: Talking with Monica Prince

  • Nicole Schmidt
  • November 30, 2018
Monica Prince discusses writing, advocacy, and the art of the choreopoem.
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The Ability to Pass Becomes Her Cage: Talking with SJ Sindu

  • Raj Chakrapani
  • December 11, 2017
SJ Sindu discusses her new novel, Marriage of a Thousand Lies, queer readings of Hindu scriptures, and issues of privilege and power.
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #87: Kai Cheng Thom

  • Thora Siemsen
  • June 8, 2017
Rarely is birth silent for anyone involved. Silence, instead, is a learned phenomena. Unlearning silence can become its own birth, as it seems in Kai Cheng Thom’s debut poetry collection…
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The Future of Body Horror: Can Our Art Keep up with Our Suffering?

  • Davey Davis
  • January 26, 2017
The individuality of body horror is its signature attribute. Nothing is more intimate than one’s own body, and by extension, one’s own physical suffering.
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Phillip B. Williams

  • The Rumpus Book Club
  • January 12, 2016
The Rumpus Poetry Book Club chats with Phillip B. Williams about his new book Thief in the Interior, form in poetry, and balancing editing work with one's own.
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Talking About Oppression

  • Ian MacAllen
  • May 7, 2014
Writers who deal with oppression are as varied as the forms of oppression they face. Kiese Laymon and Leigh Stein come from two disparate backgrounds, writes Rachel Edelman in Critical…
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