Place, Patois, and a Pinch of Politics: A Conversation with Celeste Mohammed
Celeste Mohammed discusses her debut novel-in-stories, PLEASANTVIEW.
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Posts Tagged: Politics
Rumpus Exclusive: “The Ides of March”
What they really needed in Pleasantview was light.
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SquareRoot of Love: Beyond the Divide
We need some love back, especially from elected and community leaders.
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A Literary Tasting Menu: My Year Abroad by Chang-rae Lee
Simply put, the novel’s heart is not political but sensual.
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Not Looking Away: The State She’s In by Lesley Wheeler
But look at this poet-speaker speaking the unspeakable!
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Swinging Modern Sounds: Observations on the Occasion of a 100th Column
The clash of opinions about music is music itself.
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Save St. Mark’s
It is fifteen years after the renovation, and St. Mark’s struggles to breathe.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Beth Alvarado
Beth Alvarado discusses her new story collection, JILLIAN IN THE BORDERLANDS.
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What Society Allows Us to Be: Megha Majumdar’s A Burning
What does it mean to be free?
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Does It Matter Why
I refuse to play the part, but I play the part.
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The Right to Lawfully Kill
I say the world is on fire. I say I’m seeing things.
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The Discourse of Undocumentedness: Talking with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio discusses her first book, THE UNDOCUMENTED AMERICANS.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Two Flash Fictions by Kelsey Norris
It was strange what the nudity did to us—what the nakedness undid.
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The Meaning Is in the Scale: Talking with David Adjmi
David Adjmi discusses his new memoir, LOT SIX.
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From the Editors: Election 2020
Rumpus editors share their thoughts, fears, and concerns around the impending election.
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The World Is on Fire: Living Weapon by Rowan Ricardo Phillips
A democratic art, the poet says, will take us through. Come November, vote.
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Survival Soup
You could say that I have trained for this pandemic all my life.
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Reclaiming History from the Bigots: Jill Lepore’s This America
History itself is not so conveniently tidy, and neither is this book.
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Rumpus Exclusive: “Sacred Stories”
All anyone really wants is to be seen and heard, and yet we avoid seeing and hearing others every day.
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Building and Building: Talking with Patricia Spears Jones
Patricia Spears Jones discusses her body of work, the future of poetry, and more.
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Until Democracy Falls: Talking with Matthew Baker
Matthew Baker discusses his new story collection, WHY VISIT AMERICA.
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Hybrid by Nature: A Conversation with Tara Campbell
Tara Campbell discusses her new book, POLITICAL AF: A RAGE COLLECTION.
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Beyond Anger and Sorrow: On Poetry, Pleasure, Politics, and Offense
A poetry of coalition building: how would that sound?
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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #225: Debra Jo Immergut
“I found that the tap seemed to open when I accessed deep emotion and memory.”
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The Rumpus Poetry Book Club Chat with Heather McHugh
Heather McHugh discusses her new poetry collection, MUDDY MATTERHORN.
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