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The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project #55: Donald Ray Pollock

Donald Ray Pollock has been steadily serving up plates of mild horror since his first book of short stories, Knockemstiff, appeared in 2008. Pollock followed the explosion of Knockemstiff with…

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The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #8: Dappled Things

The small town where I have recently landed is ugly and beautiful. Walk down the main street: there are a few old gems like an ancient and glorious Masonic Hall,…

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Dedicate Your No-Trump Vote: Jay Baron Nicorvo

So my No-Trump Vote is for all the grown kids of single mothers, in the hope that they come to value—before it’s too late—the person who more closely resembles our sacrificing moms than our dodgy deadbeat dads.

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Stable Decline

According to an article by Alison Flood in the Guardian, library use in England has fallen almost 31 percent over the past decade, with one notable exception: Adults in the least…

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Down, Out, and “Paved With Anguish”

At the Guardian, Tim Cooke investigates why writers’ experiences with homelessness and destitution fascinates readers: So what is the attraction of being down and out? For some, the prospect of real,…

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FUNNY WOMEN #141: How to Write about Eastern Europe

Use words like “nostalgia,” “paranoia,” and “amnesia” liberally.

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The Rumpus Interview with Manuel Gonzales

Manuel Gonzales talks about his new novel, The Regional Office is Under Attack!, transitioning from nonprofit work to teaching, and how to zig when a trope wants you to zag.

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The Last Book I Loved: The Loss of All Lost Things

I recognize something in the stories... It’s the culture of “I made it” versus the culture of staying behind, the culture of achievement versus the culture of guilt.

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The Small Face of Equity

I was twenty-four and I knew everything. I knew about justice; I knew about respect. I knew everyone in the world had it in them.

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The Rumpus Interview with Dean Koontz

Dean Koontz talks about his newest novel, Ashley Bell, overcoming self-doubt, and “what this incredibly beautiful language of ours allows you to do.”

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The Paradox of Growth As Good

Martin Kirk writes for Aeon on the paradoxical connection between economic growth and eliminating poverty. Kirk illustrates that increasing the size of the economic pie, by spending the world’s finite…

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